Reynolds v. Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners

Haetshoene, C. P. J.

The issues'here are both of fact and of law, the former whether petitioner’s fall, resulting in the injuries for which he seeks compensation, was due to his tripping over a chair, or to an epileptic fit, the latter whether, even if the cause of the fall were epilepsy, it is nonetheless compensable, due to the contributing causal effect of the conditions of his employment. This issue of law has not been expressly settled in this state, and is one as to which the courts of other jurisdictions differ.

We turn to the facts: On February 1st, 1940, petitioner was a watchman for…