Andricsak v. National Fireproofing Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Oliphant, J.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which, on petition by the respondent, certification was granted by this Court to the Appellate Division, under Rude 1:5-2(a).

Petitioner’s decedent, George Andricsak, was employed by the appellant as a fireman. His work was performed alone in a tunnel below ground. In tending the fires he used a clinker bar about 7% feet long and weighing between 30 and 40 pounds. A fellow employee of decedent testified that on March 11, 1947, decedent showed him one of his testicles which was enlarged to about the…