In New Jersey, when you have sustained an injury on the job, your first course of action will typically be to notify your employer and initiate a workers’ compensation claim. The process can seem simple—you just notify your employer and let th… [Read more…]
When you have been injured on the job, you have a right to seek benefits through a workers’ compensation claim. Often, it can seem like an open and shut case, but there can be a number of reasons that your workers’ compensation claim is initiall… [Read more…]
In our last blog, we explained the basic requirements to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits in New Jersey—you must have suffered an injury and it must have been work-related. We also looked a couple of situations where there might be u… [Read more…]
In New Jersey, to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits, you must show two things: that you suffered an injury that keeps you from working or limits your ability to do your job; and that the injury was work-related, or sustained during the … [Read more…]
It’s well-known, and U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics confirm, that working on a residential or commercial construction site is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world. According to reports, nearly seven million construction site injur… [Read more…]
When your loved one dies because of the heedless acts of another person, you have a right to hold the wrongdoer accountable for your losses, from financial support to guidance, care and consortium, from any unpaid medical bills to the costs of f… [Read more…]
So you’ve been hurt on the job in New Jersey and need to file a workers’ compensation claim to cover lost wages and medical expenses. What can you expect during the process?
The first thing you can probably expect is to be initially rejected. T… [Read more…]
In New Jersey, as in other states, when you suffer an injury at work, your first course of action is customarily to file a workers’ compensation claim for lost wages and medical expenses. In many instances, a workers’ compensation claim will be … [Read more…]
Though stories abound about employees who have allegedly committed workers’ compensation fraud, seeking and obtaining benefits for injuries they have not sustained, or that were incurred outside of work, little gets reported about workers’ compe… [Read more…]
When you have been hurt at work, navigating your way through the New Jersey workers’ compensation system can be difficult and confusing. You are best served by hiring a lawyer to protect your rights. Nonetheless, here are answers to some of the … [Read more…]