Brookhaven Steam Laundry v. Watts

No one would begrudge to the dependents of a deceased employee the right to a liberal construction of our Workmen’s Compensation Law, with a view to granting every protection to those who have by such law been accorded a measure of security and compensation which had been too long’ denied. Yet, the law itself must be protected against the warping influences which would, by distorting its plain language, amend it by judicial fiat.

I concur in the views of Justice Koberds that death from a wilful assault by a third person is compensable only when it is committed because of the employment of the…