The Division of Workers’ Compensation has jurisdiction over the case of a New Jersey resident who was hurt on an out-of-state jobsite but was at home when he accepted the offer of employment, an appeals court has ruled.
In a published decision, the Appellate Division reversed a decision by Judge George Pollard of the Paterson Workers’ Compensation Court dismissing a workers’ compensation petition by Keith Williams of Paterson for lack of jurisdiction. Pollard dismissed the case because the Raymours Furniture Co. warehouse where Williams’ injury occurred is in Suffern, New York. But the appeals court said other factors besides the location where the injury happened should be considered when weighing jurisdiction in a workers’ compensation case.
