Court Opinion

ID: 9755901
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Date Created: 2023-08-28 20:58:36.890761+00
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Oliphant, J.
(dissenting). I would affirm the judgment of the Appellate Division.
On July 10, 1951, when the amendment to the claim petition was allowed the statutory period of two years had expired. The amendment changing the date of the accident from June 23, 1950, to June 4, 1948, introduced an entirely new and different cause of action after the statute had tolled the action. Russo v. Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1 N. J. 417 (1949); Granahan v. Celanese Corporation of America, 3 N. J. 187 (1949). In those cases amendments to the claim petitions were allowed but the amendments were with reference to the nature and extent of the injury. Here the amendment substituted one accident for another, thereby setting up a new and different cause of action for the one alleged.
For reversal — Chief Justice Yandbbbilt, and Justices Hehek, Bublinc, Jacobs and Bbennah — 5.
For affirmance — Justices Oliphant and Wachbnpeld — 2.