Workers' Compensation
The Exclusive Remedy of Workers' Compensation
The New Jersey Supreme Court redefined the parameters of the Workers' Compensation Act as it applies to an occupational illness.
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Legal news, analysis, and updates on workers' compensation and occupational injury law.
Workers' Compensation
Court Chips Away at Workers' Comp Exclusivity
The New Jersey Supreme Court has taken a big step toward dismantling the exclusivity doctrine of the Workers’ Compensation Act.
Workers' Compensation
An Occupational Heart Condition is Compensble in Workers' Compensation
The New Jersey Supreme Court decided evidential issues arising before the Division of Workers' Compensation.
Workers' Compensation
NJ Supreme Court Review
NJ court opinions on workers' compensation issues, including employment status, psychiatric disability, and apportionment of disability in traumatic disease claims.
Workers' Compensation
The Coming and Going Rule
NJ court decides issues concerning the coming and going rule, mental stress, and the exclusivity bar of the Workers' Compensation Act.
Asbestos/Mesothelioma
workers' compensation, exclusivity rule
Laws allow an employee to sue an employer for an intentional wrong or negligence.
Asbestos/Mesothelioma
Families of Asbestos Workers Vulnerable
Families of asbestos workers who have direct asbestos exposure have been implicated in various diseases, including mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis.
Workers' Compensation
Injuries Off The Employer's Premises
The "coming and going rule" and off-premises injuries.
Asbestos/Mesothelioma
Asbestos Award of $5.8 Million Could Be Largest In U.S.
A federal jury in Newark has awarded $5.8 million in compensatory damages to a widow, and her two sons, whose husband died of mesothelioma.
Workers' Compensation
Temporary Benefits While on "Light Duty"
What risks are incidental to employment, the problem of the employee who is perceived to be working for multiple employers simultaneously, and other major issues such as the "Fireman's Rule."
Workers' Compensation
Fraudulent Concealment Does Not Bar A Claim
NJ Supreme Court confirmed the right of employees to obtain relief from employers where fraudulent concealment is an issue.
Workers' Compensation
NJ Supreme Court Review - Case review
The New Jersey Supreme Court reaffirmed its liberal interpretation of "the going and coming rule" in what it stated was the first review of the rule since the 1979 Legislative Amendments