Legal Opinion
Burdick v. Liberty Motor Freight Lines, Inc.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 13, 1942PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Brogan, Chief Justice.
Certiorari was allowed to review a judgment of the Compensation Bureau which dismissed the claim petition of the prosecutor. The writ goes directly to the judgment of the Bureau, the accident having happened out of the state (Cf. R. S. 1937, 34:15-66). The question is whether the petitioner’s decedent, at the time he met his death, was an “employee” in the statutory sense. If he was, the respondent concedes that his death arose out of and in the course of the employment.
The decedent, Charles M. Burdick, was in the trucking-business in Erie, Pennsylvania. As such truckman…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Victor Chemical Works v. Industrial BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
- Domer v. CastatorIndiana Court of Appeals · 1925
- Consumers Mutual Oil Producing Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
3Cited by8 opinions
- Tofani v. Lo Biondo Brothers Motor Express, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1964
- Galler v. SlurzbergNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Garrison v. GortlerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944
- Stein v. FeldenNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Runk v. Rickenbacher Transportation Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1954
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