Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Faull
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 19, 1958PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Proctor, J.
The primary issue presented on this appeal is one of choice of law between the workmen’s compensation acts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania which deal differently with the right of an injured employee of a subcontractor to maintain a common law negligence action against a general contractor, where each state has a legitimate interest in the work-injury.
The plaintiff, William F. Wilson, was employed in New Jersey, where he resided, by J. W. Tragle of Haddonfield, New Jersey. The defendant, Andrew Faull, who resides in and maintains a place of…
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