Renshaw v. United States Pipe & Foundry Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hall, J.

This appeal involves a claim by plaintiff, a retired employee of defendant, that a provision of the latter’s private pension plan reducing the amount of the pension payable to the extent of any benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law received by the pensioner after retirement is invalid as against public policy. The case was tried in the Burlington County Court, Law Division, without a jury on a stipulation of facts. Defendant had judgment there and plaintiff appealed to the Appellate Division. We certified the case on our own motion…