Accidents and injuries can happen any time and, in any place, and that includes on the job. Where homeowners’ insurance policies, auto insurance and liability insurance provide compensation and coverage for those who are injured in their homes, on the road or on a business property, workers’ compensation insurance provides coverage for injuries that occur to employees in the workplace. Workers’ compensation is a no-fault form of insurance, which means that employees aren’t required to prove that negligence took place: they…
At some point in the process of filing a workers’ compensation claim, you are likely to come across a form indicating that you give the workers’ compensation insurance company the right to request information from your medical history. This may give you pause, either because you are concerned about your privacy in general or because there may be something in your medical records that you would prefer that your employer not know about. Unfortunately, with only a few exceptions, the…
When a person is injured on the job, they are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. These benefits may include the costs of medical treatment and compensation for lost wages during rehabilitation and prescription medications. With many of the injuries sustained in the workplace leading to chronic pain, this means that some of the prescriptions being covered by workers’ compensation are often opioids. Though opioids are an effective pain management tool, their use and overuse in the United States has reached…
Workers’ compensation is a form of no-fault insurance, specifically provided to make sure that employees do not suffer financially if they are hurt on the job. It provides a lifeline for people like our clients who want nothing more than to get better and go back to work. Unfortunately, there are some who try to game the system. They make false claims that a work-related disability is keeping them from returning to work and collect workers’ compensation benefits to which…
If there’s one thing that’s true of people who’ve been injured on the job, it’s that they want to get back to work as quickly as possible. Though workers’ compensation benefits are there to help you through your recovery, the truth is that all you want is to get better and get back to normal. To make that happen, many physicians are employing prescribed exercise plans and diets to speed their patients’ recoveries. How does a Prescribed Exercise Plan Help?…
In Grawehr v. Twnshp. of E. Hanover, N.J. Super. App. Div., a respondent filed for benefits after slipping and falling due to ice in one of the parking lots at the appellant’s headquarters. This slip and fall accident resulted in shoulder injuries that were severe enough to require surgery. The appellant argued the injury did not arise out of his employment. As a result, the judge of compensation scheduled a trial for compensability only.
The judge decided the injury was…
The state of New Jersey passed a medical marijuana law back in 2010. When the law was enacted, it named six specific conditions for which the use of medical marijuana can be prescribed by a physician. These include Lou Gehrig’s disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis); terminal cancer; inflammatory bowel diseases including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease; muscular dystrophy; multiple sclerosis; and any illness for which the prognosis is less than a year. It is also available for those with HIV and…