Miles v. Commercial Insurance Co. of Newark, New Jersey

HALL, Justice.

This is a suit for workmen’s compensation brought by Delores Miles against Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, workmen’s compensation insurance carrier for plaintiff’s employer, Fox and Jacobs, Inc. It was plaintiff’s contentions on the trial that in September 1972, she suffered a disabling low-back injury on the job, that she was hospitalized and treated for the injury, and that as a result of the injury she was totally and permanently disabled within the meaning of our workmen’s compensation laws. Among other defenses relied upon by defendant was its pleaded…