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Under Section 410 of the Act, the claimant’s widow was not barred from receiving a workers’ compensation judge’s award of specific loss benefits made to a claimant who passed away from his work injuries during litigation.
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.
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Claimant’s evidence satisfied the three-prong test to support the Section 301(f) presumption that a firefighter’s chronic myeloid leukemia was caused by workplace exposure to a carcinogen.
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.
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The employers were not required to reimburse a DHS lien for the claimant’s medical treatment until the medical providers submitted the required bills and reports to the employers.
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.
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New Jersey Appellate Division finds the decedent, a full-time teacher who died of COVID-19, was an essential employee.
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.
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NJ Supreme Court affirms dismissal of third-party complaint against insurer. Negligence, gross negligence, recklessness claims are subject to workers’ compensation exclusivity bar. All claims—including intentional wrongdoing—are excluded under the policy.
In a unanimous decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court found Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company had no duty to defend the employer, SIR Electric LLC.
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Judge of Compensation Claims abused his discretion in denying a motion to continue a final hearing when the reasoning behind the request was out of the appellant’s control.
The claimant, a cashier, was shocked while plugging in a register at work. She later developed neurofibromatosis that lead to surgery. The neurosurgeon, Dr. Levi, performed surgery and indicated the claimant’s condition was not work-related.
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