Perry v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SHEBELL, P.J.A.D.

Respondent, The State of New Jersey, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of State Police, appeals from the award of Workers’ Compensation benefits to petitioner, Trooper Patricia Perry. We reverse and remand.

Petitioner filed a claim petition on May 16, 1994, for a back injury which she sustained while shoveling out her unmarked State Police troop car that was in her driveway, where it was stuck in the snow. Hearings were held on September 11, October 2, October 23 and November 13, 1995. At the close of the evidence, the judge…