Mountaire of Delmarva, Inc. v. Glacken

MOORE, Justice:

Mountaire of Delmarva (Mountaire) appeals a decision of the Superior Court affirming a workmen’s compensation award of the Industrial Accident Board (the Board) to the claimant, Janie Glacken. We address the unanswered question remaining in Air Mod Corporation v. Newton, Del.Supr., 215 A.2d 434 (1965): In seeking to deny benefits to an injured employee, because of a false representation as to past medical history, made in an employment application, what is the causal connection required between such false representation and later injury? The Board ruled that benefits could not…