Workers’ Compensation

Work accidents at New Jersey construction sites happen with such frequency that they seem to be a fact of everyday life. Due to the use of heavy equipment, the heights to which workers must often climb as well as other dangerous aspects of construction work, it is no...

Nearly every New Jersey driver has experienced the terrible sensation on the road of realizing that he or she may not be able to stop in time to avoid colliding with something. Unfortunately, such car accidents can cause serious damage to other vehicles, severe...

In some lines of work in New Jersey, the risk of injury often goes hand in hand with a worker's job responsibilities. Some lines of work, however, include an increased chance of suffering a serious, or sometimes fatal, injury. A construction worker was recently...

Because of the dangerous nature of construction work and the negligence of some highway drivers, many transportation workers face serious injury, or even death, each year. As a result, states have passed laws to limit speeds in construction zones in an effort to keep...

In our last post, we began discussing some of the ways employers work to reduce their workers’ compensation costs. Although, as we pointed out, employers are perfectly within their rights to work to reduce their costs connected to workplace injuries, it is...

Workers' compensation benefits are critical for those who have been injured on the job, as anyone who has experienced such injury can tell you. Of course, in filing a claim, an injured worker's aim is to obtain the benefits to which they are entitled. Unfortunately,...

In our last post, we began looking at the types of benefits available through the New Jersey workers' compensation system. As we have noted, injured workers are able to receive compensation not only for medical bills and temporary disability, but also ongoing...

Although employees are all aware that they have the ability to seek workers' compensation when they are injured on the job, many workers in New Jersey would not be able to tell you exactly what kind of benefits are available, and the circumstances under which they may...

In our last post, we spoke briefly about New Jersey law as it concerns the exclusiveness of workers’ compensation as a remedy for injured workers. As we noted, an injured worker is able to sue an employer under very limited circumstances—only in cases...

Most readers are probably aware that workers’ compensation benefits come at a cost to employees. The way the system is set up involves an exchange between employers and employees. Employers, for their part, promise to provide swift compensation to employees who...