How Work Comp Claims Differ from Most Other Personal Injury Claims
When you have been hurt in an accident, one of your first concerns, after getting the medical attention you need, is recovering for any losses caused by the accident. Though you… [Read more…]

Situations Where a Work Comp Claim Will Often Be Denied
In New Jersey, as in other states, when you have been hurt in the workplace, you have the right to seek benefits through a workers’ compensation claim. There’s no need to show negligence�… [Read more…]

False Beliefs about Your Right to Compensation after a Workplace Injury
You’ve been hurt on the job and can’t work. You think that you may be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, but you’ve heard a lot of stories from others about what … [Read more…]

Protecting Your Rights to Recover Workers’ Compensation Benefits
When you’ve been injured on the job in New Jersey, you have the right to seek benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation laws. There are generally only two requirements for … [Read more…]

Injuries Suffered on a Break | Injuries While Traveling
To qualify for workers’ compensation in New Jersey, you must prove only two elements of a claim: that you were injured and that the injury was “work-related.” There is no need to establish… [Read more…]

Are There Other Legal Remedies Available to You?
The New Jersey workers’ compensation laws were enacted as the “great bargain,” ostensibly to benefit both workers and business owners. The system eliminates the need for a worker to show that his… [Read more…]

Recovering Benefits When You Have Been Hurt in the Workplace
According to statistics collected by the United States Department of Labor, more than three million workers are injured on the job across the United States every year, but less than h… [Read more…]

Protecting Your Rights after a Workplace Injury
Under New Jersey law, all employers who conduct business operations in the state and are not covered by federal programs, must either carry a policy of workers’ compensation insurance or be approv… [Read more…]

Disability Benefits to Replace Lost Wages | Payment for Reasonable Medical Care | Permanent Disability Benefits
When you have suffered an injury in the workplace in New Jersey, you have a right to seek benefits through the state’s workers’ comp… [Read more…]

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Section 20 and Section 22 Settlements
When you have been hurt on the job in New Jersey, and have filed a workers’ compensation claim, you can let your claim work its way through the system or you can settle y… [Read more…]