A woman who worked in a New Jersey casino was involved in a car accident as she was leaving work one night. A car struck her vehicle as she was turning onto the street from the Atlantic City casino's parking lot.She was injured and applied for workers' compensation...
Experienced And Accomplished Workers’ Compensation And Injury Attorneys
Workplace Accidents
Barge accident requires rescue team response on Passaic
Bad weather can wreak havoc on practically all workers. From office workers waiting for delayed mass transit to snow plow drivers attempting to keep the roads clear during a winter storm, virtually everyone experiences difficulties caused by weather.Some workers may...
Reckless driving not intentional enough
For most injured workers in New Jersey, the workers' compensation system represents their exclusive remedy. They cannot sue their employer for a personal injury in a negligence action. They also are prohibited from suing a fellow employee for negligence. But what if...
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth
When it comes to workers' compensation cases, people typically think of cases where a construction worker is injured or killed on a job site in a fall or some other type of accident.Other workers may be injured by the demands of their work, commercial fishermen who...
New Jersey roofer charged with workers’ compensation fraud
When we hear about workers' compensation fraud, we typically think of the occasional worker who "fakes" an injury and obtains workers' compensation benefits or has recovered from his or her injuries but pretends to still be injured, in order to continue receiving...
New Jersey worker killed in distribution center accident
A worker employed at an Amazon.com distribution center in Avenel, New Jersey, died in an industrial accident at the facility earlier this month. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating the accident, but it may be months before we find...
Temporary workers suffering injuries at alarming rates
A trend is growing more popular across the nation that is changing the face of some industries. There are many reasons for this shift, and of course many conflicting opinions over why it has occurred, but more and more companies are looking towards temporary workers...
Feds award contracts to companies with labor violations
When it comes to regulating safety, health and wage regulations, the federal government has a significant amount of resources devoted to creating regulations, inspecting business and enforcing the regulations by punishing violations. The Department of Labor and its...
New Jersey care facility cited by OSHA for serious violations
Workers are exposed to a wide variety of risks in the workplace. We often discuss construction accidents, due to the significant number of fatalities and severe injuries that constructions workers suffer every year. But workers in other industries also are subject to...
Construction accident at football stadium results in fatality
There are many potential risks that can arise in connection to construction work. For example, construction workers sometimes end up working in locations that pose falling risks, such as tall structures with significant openings.One hopes that construction companies...