Brighton v. Borough of Rumson

The opinion of the court was delivered Tby

Perskie, J.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. R. S. 34:15-7, el seq. The dispositive question for decision is whether respondent carried the burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the probabilities according to the experience of mankind, that the death of her husband, allegedly due to a “heart attack” brought on by the “strain” of his work, was the result of an “accident” which arose out of his employment. Compare for analogy, Gilbert v. Gilbert Machine Works, Inc., 122 N. J. L. 533; 6 Atl. Rep. (2d) 213; Giles v. W. E. Beverage Co., 133 N.…