Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Proctor

Finch, J.:

It appears from the complaint that Richard A. Chartrand, Jr., an infant, was employed by the Hedden Company in New Jersey, and while in such employ was injured on July 14, 1918, by the defendant Proctor. The Hedden Company was insured by the plaintiff under the New Jersey Workmen’s Compensation Law. (See N. J. Laws of 1911, p. 134, chap. 95, as amd.; Comp. Stat. N. J. First Supp. p. 1639 et seq.) The injured infant made a claim under the said Workmen’s Compensation Law and was paid $1,368.50 by the plaintiff. The infant, through his father as guardian ad litem, the defendant in this…