Attorney Profile

Angela Y. DeMary

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Areas of Practice

Workers' Compensation

Contact Info

(856) 414-6409
AYDemary@mdwcg.com

Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a workers' compensation attorney, Angela focuses the entirety of her practice on New Jersey workers’ compensation, representing the interests of employers, carriers and self-insureds. Throughout her career, Angela has gained significant experience handling claims involving issues of employment, coverage, compensability, causation/liability and permanency. Her cases also include specific issues of total disability (SIF), lack of coverage (UEF) and subcontractor/general contractor issues (Section 79).

Notably, Angela has argued multiple cases before the Appellate Division. She has secured favorable decisions on issues of entitlement to temporary total disability benefits addressed under Section 38 (commonly referred to as the Cunningham issue). Her experience also extends to issues involving jurisdiction and liability against a subsequent carrier (most often referred to as a Peterson or Bond-type issue).

In addition to her legal speaking engagements, Angela is actively involved with youth activities in her community. She participates in career day programs at the elementary and high school levels and devotes time to youth mentoring and motivation.

Prior to her career in law, Angela worked as a probation officer and as an advocate for victims of domestic violence.

Medical provider claim petition dismissed, with prejudice.

Workers' Compensation

The parties were litigating a motion for medical treatment in which a physician was recommending an additional spinal surgery. The physician moved forward without authorization and performed spinal surgery on the petitioner. In order to complete the surgery, the physician brought in several ancillary services, including a vendor to perform diagnostic monitoring during the surgery. Following the surgery, the medical provider submitted its bills to the carrier, which were rejected based upon the lack of authorization.

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Workers’ comp claim dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and coverage for an occupational accident policy carrier.

Workers' Compensation

The petitioner filed a claim petition within the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation seeking benefits and alleging employment with a trucking company. However, the petitioner had previously obtained an occupational accident policy in the role of an independent contractor. When filing the workers’ compensation petition, counsel for the petitioner erroneously named the occupational accident policy carrier as carrier for the trucking company.

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Claim dismissed over alleged COVID-19 permanent disability.

Workers' Compensation

Our attorneys were successful in obtaining an order for dismissal in the Mount Holly, New Jersey Workers’ Compensation court. In his claim petition, the petitioner alleged permanent disability as a result of contracting COVID-19 while working for the insured. He alleged that while working as an auto hauler he was exposed to COVID-19, which resulted in a permanent pulmonary disability. The defense argued to the judge that the petitioner’s discovery failed to provide sufficient proof and evidence supporting that the petitioner had COVID-19 or that, if he did, it was “related to his job.”

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Workers’ compensation defense verdict for a prominent health care system.

Workers' Compensation

​The petitioner filed a motion for additional medical and temporary disability benefits, essentially alleging she was permanently and totally disabled from prior compensable shoulder and leg injuries. After a three-day trial and extensive briefing, the judge dismissed the motion. He determined that, despite the compensable injuries, the petitioner had plateaued medically and was not entitled to any further benefits.

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Classes/Seminars Taught

Assessing the Injury and Case, NBI: New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Fundamentals: Attain the Best Possible Results for Your Clients, webinar, November 29, 2023

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & the Elimination of Bias in Workers’ Compensation – Why This Matters to You and Your Clients to Achieve the Best Possible Outcome, New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Bench Bar Conference, Edison, New Jersey, December 13, 2022

Practicing Workers’ Compensation Law Remotely and COVID-19 Type Cases, Camden County Bar Association CLE program, January 27, 2021

Are You Coming or Going – Do You Know Your Course and Scope?, Marshall Dennehey webinar, October 26, 2020

Workers' Compensation: Key Concepts and Issues, National Business Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, June 2019

Navigating Workers' Compensation Processes, Procedures and Forms, National Business Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, June 2019 

Bad Eggs: Defending Injuries Stemming from Violence in the Workplace, Marshall Dennehey Workers' Compensation Seminar, October 19, 2017

Human Resource Law from A to Z, National Business Institute, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, September 20, 2016

Anatomy and Physiology 101 for Attorneys, National Business Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 28, 2015

Advanced Workers' Compensation - Selected Issues in Workers' Compensation Law, National Business Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 27, 2015

Career Day, Cramer College Preparatory Lab School, Camden, New Jersey, June 2014

Fourth Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar, New Jersey Department of Labor-Division of Workers' Compensation, May 2014

Your Top Workers' Compensation Questions – Answered, National Business Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, December 12, 2013

New Jersey Workers' Compensation Update, Insurance Society of Philadelphia, Affinity Insurance, Hatboro, Pennsylvania, April 13, 2012

Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 2010 

New Jersey Workers' Compensation Update, Council on Education in Management, 2005 

Introduction to New Jersey Workers' Compensation, Sheraton Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2005

Published Works

"Navigating the Waters of a Motion for Med and Temp," New Jersey Law Journal, November 9, 2015

"Whether Going or Coming, It's Still Not Compensable," Defense Digest, Vol. 19, No. 3, September 2013

"Proof? You Can’t Handle The “Proof”!" Defense Digest, Vol. 18, No. 2, June 2012

"Appellate Division Upholds Dismissal of Occupational Heart Attack Claim and Claim of Entitlement to Second Injury Fund Involvement," Defense Digest, 2011-09, Vol. 17, No. 3

"Determining Who's Liable: Analyzing Causation and Liability Issues When There Are Multiple Carriers, Employers and/or Claims," Defense Digest, 2010-06, Vol. 16, No. 2

"Supreme Court Renders Decision Regarding Application of Dependency Rate In Workers’ Compensation Matters," Defense Digest, 2008-12, Vol. 14, No. 4

"Applying the Increased Dependency Rate," New Jersey Law Journal, 2008-01-07

"The Pending Issue of How To Address the Increased Dependency Rate," Defense Digest, 2007-09, Vol. 13, No. 3

Admissions
New Jersey
2003
Education
Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2000)
Rutgers University, Douglass College (B.A., 1994)
Honors & awards
Top Women in Law, The New Jersey Law Journal
2016
New Jersey Super Lawyer Rising Star
2010, 2012-2013

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Associations & memberships
American Bar Association
Camden County Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
Year joined
2006
Certifications

Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Workers' Compensation Law Attorney, 2017