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Complitano v. Steel Alloy Tank Co.

Supreme Court of New Jersey
Mar 20, 1961
34 N.J. 300 (N.J. 1961)

Summary

In Complitano v. Steel & Alloy Tank Co., 34 N.J. 300, 168 A.2d 809 (1961), we found compensable an injury sustained in an after-hours softball game held away from the employer's premises based on the employer's ties and the event.

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Opinion

Argued March 7, 1961 —

Decided March 20, 1961.

Appeal from Superior Court, Appellate Division.

Mr. Louis C. Jacobson argued the cause for the appellant.

Mr. Isidor Kalisch argued the cause for the respondent.


The judgment is reversed for the reasons expressed in the dissenting opinion of Judge Conford in the Appellate Division.

HALL and HANEMAN, JJ., vote to affirm the judgment for the reasons expressed in the majority opinion of Judge Foley.

For reversal — Chief Justice WEINTRAUB, and Justices JACOBS, FRANCIS, PROCTOR and SCHETTINO — 5.

For affirmance — Justice HALL and HANEMAN — 2.


Summaries of

Complitano v. Steel Alloy Tank Co.

Supreme Court of New Jersey
Mar 20, 1961
34 N.J. 300 (N.J. 1961)

In Complitano v. Steel & Alloy Tank Co., 34 N.J. 300, 168 A.2d 809 (1961), we found compensable an injury sustained in an after-hours softball game held away from the employer's premises based on the employer's ties and the event.

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In Complitano v. Steel Alloy Tank Co., 34 N.J. 300, 168 A.2d 809 (1961), the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed the denial of benefits for the reasons set forth in Judge Conford's dissent in Complitano v. Steel AlloyTank Co., 63 N.J. Super. 444, 164 A.2d 792 (1960).

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In Complitano, supra, the Supreme Court, by adopting Judge Conford's dissent, concluded that the employer's sponsorship of the teams "was motivated, in part, by the desire for better management relations with the employees engaged in the sponsored activity", 63 N.J. Super. at 467 and that, "There is nothing insubstantial about the commercial value of that kind of good will in today's labor-management climate."

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Case details for

Complitano v. Steel Alloy Tank Co.

Case Details

Full title:DOMINICK COMPLITANO, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. STEEL ALLOY TANK CO.…

Court:Supreme Court of New Jersey

Date published: Mar 20, 1961

Citations

34 N.J. 300 (N.J. 1961)
168 A.2d 809

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