How Many Days Do You Have to be Out to Receive New Jersey Workers...
An injured worker must be out at least eight days before he/she is entitled to receive weekly (temporary) disability benefits. If you are out seven days only, you are not entitled to weekly (temporary)...
View ArticleCan A Company Avoid NJ Workers Compensation by Contract?
No. The New Jersey Appellate Division held that a Workers Compensation Judge can look beyond the terms of a conract to see if there are ground that would give the Workers Compensation Court...
View ArticleWhat to Do If Your Employer Fails to Report Your Accident.
As if having a work accident wasn’t bad enough, some employers try to ignore or hide that their employee was injured in the course of their employment. Insurance carriers do not take kindly to an...
View ArticleWhat is a Voluntary Tender?
An Employer’s Workers Compensation Insurance Carrier can make what is referred to as a “Voluntary Tender”. A Voluntary Tender provides an injured Worker with permanent disability benefits prior to a...
View ArticleWhen do Temporary Disability Benefits end in New Jersey?
Temporary Disability Benefits end when the injured worker returns to work or the injured worker reaches medical maximum improvement (commonly referred to as MMI). MMI is when an injured worker has...
View ArticleWhat must an injured worker prove to receive NJ Workers Compensation...
In New Jersey, an injured workers must prove two things before being entitled to Workers Compensation Permanency benefits. First, the injured worker must provide objective medical evidence of...
View ArticleLegal Status Not Bar in Work Accident
In 1996, Honorable Sylvia B. Pressler, Presiding Judge of the New Jersey Appellate Division wrote an opinion in the matter of Mendonza v. Monmouth Recycling, holding that an injured worker was not...
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Owner-Operator Truck Drivers Are Entitled to NJ Workers Compensation
Route 280 East Sign for Harrison NJ with Turnpike In many states, owner-operator truck drivers are independent contractors and thus not covered by the trucking company they are hauling for. In New...
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Injury After Dinner with Co-Workers While Out of Town Found Compensable.
Blue sky Panera Brea An employee who was killed as a result of an automobile accident after a night out while he was working away from home was held to be in the course of his employment. In the case...
View ArticleNJ Supreme Court Reverses Lower Courts to Help Volunteer Firefighters
A couple weeks ago NJAccident.com published an article urging the New Jersey Supreme Court to overturn a Workers Compensation Judge’s decision and an Appellate Division Three-Judge panel’s decision...
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