In a recent landmark decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court established a pro-employee standard for determining when a physical trauma triggers a right to accidental benefits. But now the court is considering whether workers are entitled to the same standard when they suffer psychic trauma with no physical injury. On July 26, the court took the unusual step of asking for supplemental briefs in three psychic injury cases that were argued last October, and also noted that those cases will be re-argued.
August 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A New Jersey Turnpike toll taker wracked with nightmares after seeing the World Trade Center tumble. A deputy sheriff paralyzed by fear because his right to carry a gun was taken away. A prison guard unable to work after an evil inmate declared, “I’m going to kill you.”
These are a few of the state employees who are causing head-scratching among lawyers — and New Jersey Supreme Court justices — on how to decide who collects accidental disability pensions for psychological trauma.
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