Bates v. Asbury Iron & Bridge Works, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Perskie, J.

The basic question for decision on the facts of this workman’s compensation case, is whether the employer’s insurance carrier was properly deprived of the defense of the statute of limitations under the applicable provisions of the Accident Report Act of Pamph. L. 1924, ch. 187, p. 401, § 6.

On April 14th, 1930, Alfred Bates, 32 years of age and single, was employed, as an iron worker, by the Asbury Bridge and Iron Works, Inc., Neptune, New Jersey, at the weekly wage of $27.50. While so employed, he suffered an accident which concededly arose…