Recovery for Psychic Injuries under Workers' Compensation

Lynch v. Knight, 9 H.L. Cas. 577, 598 (1861).

81 Am. Jur. 2d Workmen's Compensation §2 (1976).

Larsen , Workmen's Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Death §6.10 (1981).

Id. at §1.10.

In re Hunnewell , 107 N.E. 934, 936 (Mass. 1915).

Leonbruno v. Champlain Silk Mills, 128 N.E. 711, 712 (N.Y. 1920).

Rialto Lead & Zinc Co. v. State Industrial Commission, 240 P. 96 (Okla. 1925). See Carter Oil Co. v. Gibson, 241 P. 219 (Wyo. 1925).

Sigley v. Marathon Razor Blade Co., 166 A. 518 (N.J. 1933).

Valore C. Jr. , Aspects of Representing the Petitioner in Worker's Compensation (New Jersey Appellate Printing Co., Woodbridge, N.J.) (1975) at 75.

Gold M. , Hypothyroidism and Depression, Journal of the American Medical Association 245(19):1919 (May 15, 1981); Gold M. , Diagnosis of Depression in the '80s, Journal of the American Medical Association 245(15):1 562 (1981).

Dimascio A. Goldberg H. , Emotional Disorders: An Outline Guide to Diagnosis and Pharmacological Treatment (Medical Economics Co., Oradell, N.J.) (1977) at 3–19.

Valore , supra note 9.

MacKenzie v. General Motors Corp., Fisher Body Division, 232 N. W.2d 146 (Mich. 1975).

Id. at 152.

Swiss Colony, Inc., v. Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations, 240 N.W.2d 128, 132 (Wisc. 1976).

Id. at 133.

Williams v. Western Electric Co., 429 A.2d 1063 (N.J. Super. A.D. 1981) at 1070, 1071. See Walck v. Johns-Manville Products Corp., 267 A.2d 508 (N.J. 1970).

Larsen , supra note 3, at §42.20.

Id.

LaCalle v. Ashy Enterprises, 353 So.2d 439 (La. App. 1977).

Larsen , supra note 3, at §42.20.

Burlington Mills Corp. v. Hagood, 13 S.E.2d 291 (Va. 1941).

Kahle v. Plochman, Inc., 428 A.2d 913 (N.J. 1981).

N.J. Stat. Ann. §34:15–7 (West). The statutory provision in its entirety reads: