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MATTER OF PETITION OF SHEFFIELD FARMS CO.

22 N.J. 548 (1956)

126 A.2d 886

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF SHEFFIELD FARMS COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, TO DISINTER THE BODY OF THOMAS McDONOUGH FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTOPSY. SHEFFIELD FARMS COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. ANNA McDONOUGH, WIDOW OF THOMAS McDONOUGH, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 19, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph C. Paul argued the cause for the appellant (Mr. Henry M. Grosman, attorney).

Mr. Perry E. Belfatto argued the cause for the respondent.

The opinion of the court was delivered by VANDERBILT, C.J.

The question presented by this appeal is whether an employer, ten months after the burial of an employee who died in the course of his employment, may obtain the disinterment of that employee's body and an autopsy to determine the cause of death for the purpose of defending a claim by the workman's widow that she is entitled to be compensated for the incident. From...

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