Legal Opinion
Eckert v. New Jersey State Highway Department
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 28, 1949PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Oliphant, J.
The meritorious question presented in these appeals, which were consolidated for the purpose of argument, is whether or not both pensions and workmen’s compensation benefits can be paid to the dependents of public employees accidently killed in the actual performance of their duties. Identical questions of law are presented in both cases.
Walter C. Eckert and Herman J. Meury were employees of the New Jersey State Highway Department. It is conceded they both suffered instant death as the result of accidents arising out of and in the course of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Laird v. State of Vermont Highway Dept.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1941
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