Posts Tagged ‘new jersey workers compensation’
SOCIAL SERVICES LAW | WORKERS’ COMPENSATION | ATTORNEY FEES
Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark 62-2-3970 Patel v. Showboat Casino, App. Div. (per curiam) (6 pp.) Petitioner appeals a perceived inadequate fee award to his counsel on a motion for medical and temporary disability benefits in the Division of Workers’ Compensation. Because the fee awarded was in accord with applicable law…
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Submitted by Workers’ Compensation Attorney, Jeffrey Hark 62-2-3969 Parascandolo v. Dept. of Labor, et. al. , App. Div. (Espinosa, J.A.D.) (26 pp.) The appellant held two part-time jobs when she was temporarily disabled as a result of an injury at her employment by the Board of Education. She received temporary disability benefits (TDB) through her…
Read MoreWorkers Compensation and Temp Agency Employees | Injured on the Job
Submitted by New Jersey Workers Comp Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark DANIEL HERNANDEZ, v. PORT LOGISTICS, a corporation Submitted April 8, 2014 – Decided April 30, 2014 The issue in this case is the relationship between a temp worker hired by a temp agency working at a location assigned to him by the employer. The temp worker is considered…
Read MoreThe Importance of Scientific Evidence in Workers’ Compensation | Yanecko v. Waste Management
Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. 62-2-3403 Yanecko v. Waste Management, App. Div. (per curiam) (13 pp.) Plaintiff’s employer, Waste Management, appeals the Judge of Worker’s Compensation’s order finding that Yanecko suffered a compensable occupational injury leaving him 25% permanently partially disabled due to “orthopedic residuals of a chronic lumbosacral sprain with findings of disc herniation…
Read MoreNo Compensation for Worker Hurt Crossing Street From Company Lot
A worker hit by a car while crossing the street to her office from a garage where her employer provided parking was not injured on the job, the New Jersey Supreme Court says. Overturning a workers’ compensation award, the justices said the garage was not under the employer’s control, despite its renting of parking spaces…
Read MoreWorker’s Compensation: Who do the courts believe? | New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Fraud
The Workers’ Compensation Act (N.J.S.A. 34:15) is mandatory social legislation that is designed to balance concern over employee rights and health with financial burdens on employers. The act ensures employees will be paid when they are injured on the job and provided medical treatment and therapy until the employee is ‘cured’, regardless of fault. However,…
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