Jayson v. Pennsylvania Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Katzenbach, J.

Pred E. Jayson was employed as a mechanic by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at its ear shops at Kearney, New Jersey. On May 23d, 1923, he was repairing a platform of a car. While thus engaged the head of a spike which he was driving flew off striking him in the left eye. He continued to work at the shops until June 30th, 1923. The sight of his left eye was impaired by the injury. Jayson filed a petition for compensation with the workmen’s compensation bureau. An informal hearing was had upon the petition. At the conclusion of the…