Supreme Court of New Jersey

Viola M. Eckert, Petitioner-Respondent v. New Jersey State Highway Department, Respondent-Appellant; Marion Meury…

February 28, 19491 N.J. 474

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the lower courts' judgments, holding that dependents of deceased public employees may receive both state pension benefits and workers' compensation benefits, as there is no statutory prohibition and the statutes' plain language does not preclude such double recovery.