Case Name: EDWARD HUGHES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, RESPONDENT-PROSECUTOR
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1942-07-09
Citations: 128 N.J.L. 480
Docket Number: 
Parties: EDWARD HUGHES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, RESPONDENT-PROSECUTOR.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 128
Pages: 480–480

Head Matter:
EDWARD HUGHES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, RESPONDENT-PROSECUTOR.
Submitted May 5, 1942 —
Decided July 9, 1942.
Before Justices Case, Donges and Colie.
For the petitioner-respondent, Strong & Strong (Theodore Strong, of counsel).
For the respondent-prosecutor, David T. Wilentz and Robert S. Hartgrove.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is an application for a writ of certiorari to review a judgment of the Middlesex Court of Common Pleas, affirming an award of compensation by the Workmen's Compensation Bureau. A number of reasons are urged in support of the application, only one of which we need consider. According to the determination of facts, there was before the Bureau a stipulation that petitioner had received "25% partial permanent, or 125 weeks plus 10 teeth, or a total of $2,199.45." The Deputy Commissioner made an award "that judgment final be and the same is hereby entered in favor of the petitioner and against the respondent for 40% partial permanent or 200 weeks, at $13.33 a week, less 25% or 125 weeks heretofore paid, leaving a balance of 75 weeks still due and owing, which, at $13.33 a week, amounts to $995.75." If the award of 25% is all that the stipulation contemplated as payment for partial permanent disability, then the Bureau's finding that there was $995.75 due and unpaid is correct, but obviously the total paid for partial permanent was $2,199.45, which is more than the 125 weeks represented by 25%.
It is clear that there are questions calling for determination and therefore a writ of certiorari will be allowed.