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Articles Discussing New Jersey Workers' Compensation Claims.

Counsel Fee Increases From 20% to 25% on New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Cases

Posted: August 26, 2024 | Goldberg Segalla Category: New Jersey - Workers' Compensation

Effective immediately, workers’ compensation judges in New Jersey can establish petitioner’s attorney fees of up to 25% of the judgment

Goldberg Segalla Secures Major Victory Protecting Workers’ Compensation Insurers from Onslaught of Future Claims

Posted: December 13, 2023 | Goldberg Segalla Category: New Jersey - Workers' Compensation

A New Jersey hospital’s attempt to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Superior Court of New Jersey — in workers’ compensation fees and punitive damages associated with the treatment of employees injured at New York workplaces — was shot down by an appellate court in a significant ruling that ultimately could shield the insurance industry from a potential onslaught of similar alleged bad-faith lawsuits that likely would cost well into the millions.

Heat-Related Illnesses under New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law

Posted: August 8, 2023 | Goldberg Segalla Category: New Jersey - Workers' Compensation

With summer in full-swing, record heat waves continue to make headlines across the country. For employers whose employees work primarily outside, there is always the possibility that an employee may suffer a heat-related illness or heat stroke while on the job.

New Jersey Passes Law to Increase Medical Expert Fee to Maximum of $1,000

Posted: July 26, 2023 | Goldberg Segalla Category: New Jersey - Workers' Compensation

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE EVALUATING PHYSICIAN FEE UNDER THE NEW JERSEY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT HAS INCREASED FROM $600 TO $1,000

Not My Employee – How Professional Employment Organizations Can Protect Against Unnecessary Liability

Posted: October 24, 2022 | Goldberg Segalla Category: New Jersey - Workers' Compensation

NEW JERSEY’S DUAL EMPLOYMENT CONCEPT ALLOWS THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COURT  TO FIND THAT MORE THAN ONE ENTITY IS AN EMPLOYER.

Medical Marijuana Expenses Held Reimbursable In New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Case

Posted: April 22, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: New Jersey - Workers' Compensation

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that an employer and its workers’ compensation carrier must reimburse an injured worker for his medical marijuana expenses.  Hager v. M&K Construction, 2021 N.J. LEXIS 332 (N.J. April 13, 2021).

Hager suffered a back injury in a work-related accident in 2001.  He underwent surgeries

New Jersey Enacts COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Presumption Bill for Essential Workers

Posted: September 17, 2020 | Ogletree Deakins Category: New Jersey - Workers' Compensation

On September 14, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill (SB) 2380 into law. SB 2380 creates a rebuttable presumption of workers’ compensation coverage for COVID-19 cases contracted by “essential employees” during a public health emergency declared by an executive order of the governor. The law is effective

Using the Labor Market Attachment Defense to Your Advantage During a LWEC Trial

Posted: February 24, 2020 | Goldberg Segalla Category: New Jersey - Workers' Compensation

Under Workers’ Compensation Law Section 15(3), if a claimant has a permanent impairment to a non-schedule site, then the claimant is compensated for his or her actual loss of wage earning capacity (LWEC) caused by the disability. This stage in workers’ compensation litigation is known as classification. During the LWEC

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