Kovach v. General Motors Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horn, J. A. D.

Respondent General Motors Corporation, employer of petitioner William Kovach, appeals a judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Division awarding Kovach compensation for total and permanent disability. Kovach had filed two petitions for compensation. One of the petitions sought compensation for a bronchial disability which allegedly constituted an occupational disease (N. J. S. A. 34:15-30) arising out of and in the course of his employment with respondent. The other petition sought compensation for the effects of a myocardial infarction…