Publications

The petitioner filed a dependency claim in which he alleged the decedent (his wife) contracted COVID-19 during the period of occupational exposure while in the course of her employment with the respondent. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

The claimant suffered amputations of both lower extremities. A workers’ compensation judge granted a Claim Petition and directed Dura-Bond, the employer, to pay the claimant’s benefits. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

The claimant was a firefighter who developed chronic myeloid leukemia that was diagnosed in 2014. He learned his cancer may be related to work while attending a training seminar in 2019. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

On October 11, 2011, the claimant sustained a work injury in the nature of incomplete tetraplegia (paralysis of all four limbs), with depression and anxiety, and began receiving temporary total disability (TTD) benefits. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

NEWS RESULTS* What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

Rodriguez v. Shelbourne Spring, LLC, A-2079-22, December 12, 2024 New Jersey Legal Update – December 20, 2024,

1.    The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed an Industrial Accident Board decision that concluded that a COVID-19 workplace exposure at a poultry processing plant did not qualify as a compensable occupational disease. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 28, No.

1.    As the employer/carrier was not able to overcome presumption, a firefighter’s COVID-19, requiring heart transplant, was found to be work-related. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 28, No.

1.    The Appellate Division addresses permanent partial vs. total disability.Hughes v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J. and State of N.J. Second Inj. Fund, No. A-1188-22 (January 30, 2024) What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 28, No.

1.    Commonwealth Court holds that an employer’s failure to reimburse a claimant for out-of-pocket payments for CBD oil is in violation of the Act. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 28, No.