Severe weather in New Jersey Thursday night left areas of the state without power. These days, power outages are more than a slight inconvenience. In addition to leaving us uncomfortable without air conditioning and fans, or dangerous to food safety, as refrigerator...
Experienced And Accomplished Workers’ Compensation And Injury Attorneys
Workplace Accidents
Family of crane accident victim settles for $1 million
Last year a collapse of a large construction crane on a work site in Manhattan cost a New Jersey man his life. Last month, his family settled the lawsuit they brought after his death for $1 million. In the settlement agreement, the contractor that owned and operated...
Christie vetoes New Jersey workers’ comp enhancement
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has vetoed legislation that would have changed the presumption for the cause of public safety workers' injuries within the workers' compensation system. Christie claimed the veto was necessary to prevent the bill from altering the...
You can always leave if you don’t like it
One hundred years ago, there was a case involving a worker who was injured on the job. He had warned his employer of an unsafe condition in the factory, but the employer refused to do anything about it. When the condition injured the worker, he sued, but was denied...
Can emergency personnel rely on Tier II reports?
New Jersey firefighters recognize they have a dangerous and risky job. After all, they run into burning buildings as everyone else is running out. And they suffer injuries on the job and apply for workers' compensation benefits, to help get by as they recover from...
Rolling the die with your life
Humans, it turns out, are not very good at calculating probability. Witness the success of Las Vegas or Atlantic City. Or lottery jackpots approaching half a billion dollars. It is a 1000 time more likely that you will be struck by lightning than ever win a large...
Propane plant explosion and fire injure eight workers
A massive explosion and fire at a propane tank plant in Florida injured eight workers, four of whom critically and sent 200-foot fireballs rocketing through the night on July 30. It is unclear what triggered the blast, whether it was equipment failure or human error,...
Jersey City company cited for 22 workplace safety violations
A company in Jersey City was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for health and safety violations, including two violations of OSHA regulations that it deemed willful. OSHA's inspection found 22 violations and...
Missing man sued by insurer over injured officer’s workers’ comp
Workers' compensation benefits are available to those who are injured while on the job. It may be a simple concept to understand, but the process of obtaining the benefits is not always easy. Ensuring that an injured worker obtains the compensation that they are...
High treatment costs for New Jersey work comp injuries
According to a study recently published by privately owned think-tank Workers' Compensation Research Institute, nearly two-thirds of states studied have a substantial disparity between what employer-provided private health insurance and workers' compensation insurance...