Mr. Pizza, Inc. ex rel. Home Insurance Co. v. Schwartz

CHRISTIE, Justice (for the majority):

Claimant-appellee sustained three injuries to his back while performing his duties as a manager of Mr. Pizza, Inc. (hereinafter, Mr. Pizza). Between the time of claimant’s second and third injuries, Mr. Pizza changed insurance carriers. The narrow issue which now confronts this Court concerns which of the two insurance carriers must pay the benefits, to which plaintiff is entitled as a result of his third injury.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

After claimant sustained his first back injury on December 24, 1977, he was exam*429ined at the Newark Emergency…