Legal Opinion
Salerno v. McGraw-Edison Industries
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 22, 1971PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Ekancis, J.
In this workmen’s compensation case, petitioner Vincent Salerno alleged that he suffered bilateral inguinal hernias which arose out of and in the course of his employment with respondent, MeGraw-Edison Industries. The claim was made on alternative grounds, i. e., either the hernias constituted an occupational disease under N. J. 8. A. 34:15-31 or they were compensable as traumatic hernias under N. J. 8. A. 34:15-12(c) (23). The judge of compensation found that the hernias resulted from a single work-connected lifting episode which occurred a…
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