Judges: The opinion of the court was delivered by COLIE, J.A.D.
Filed Date: 5/18/1949
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 4/9/2017
This is the employer's appeal from a judgment of the Passaic County Court affirming an award of compensation to the employee in the Workmen's Compensation Bureau.
The testimony was in sharp conflict on several essential phases and that conflict raised a grave doubt as to the veracity of the petitioner. The Deputy Commissioner who heard the case and had the benefit of seeing the witnesses and observing the manner in which they testified, resolved the question of credibility in favor of the petitioner as did the County Court. A reversal of this judgment would have to turn upon a finding by this court that the petitioner's testimony was unworthy of belief. A careful scrutiny of the record *Page 3
does not justify such a finding in light of contrary holdings in the Bureau and the County Court. As was said in Reis v. BreezeCorporation, Inc.,
For the reasons stated, the judgment under appeal is affirmed.