Practice Papers
Workplace Injuries
Stancil v. ACE USA
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
An injured worker does not have a common-law cause of action against a workers' compensation carrier for pain and suffering caused by the carrier's delay in payment for medical treatment, prescriptions or related services.
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Roberts v. Sea-Land Services Inc.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
An employee is 'newly awarded compensation' when he first becomes disabled and thereby becomes statutorily entitled to benefits, no matter whether, or when, a compensation order issues on his behalf.
Pacific Operators Offshore, L.L.P. v. Valladolid
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act extends coverage to an employee who can establish a substantial nexus between his injury and his employer's extractive operations on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Sentinel Insurance Company, Ltd. v. Earthworks Landscape Construction, L.L.C.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Compensation Division is an appropriate forum to resolve a declaratory judgment action seeking to void a workers' compensation insurance policy.
Whitfield v. Bonanno Real Estate Group
Thursday, May 19, 2011
The immunity provided by N.J.S.A. 34:15-8 does not bar plaintiff's third-party action against a partnership after receiving workers' compensation benefits from her employer, a partner.
Baracia v. Board of Trustees of the State Police Retirement System
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Petitioner's accidental disability retirement allowance is not subject to a dollar-for-dollar reduction based on the employer's payment of its pro rata share of petitioner's attorneys' fees.
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