Boyle v. Breme

We affirm for the reasons stated by Judge Fritz in his opinion below. 187 N.J.Super. 129 (App.Div.1982). We note that when the Legislature added a provision for co-employee immunity to the Workers’ Compensation Act in 1961, L.1961, c. 2 (codified at N.J.S.A. 34:15-8), some employers had medical clinics staffed by employee doctors and nurses. If the Legislature had intended to exclude this class of co-employees, it could have expressed that intent. Indeed the Legislature made a comprehensive review of the Act in 1979, L.1979, c. 283, without modifying the co-employee immunity provision despite…