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What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 28, No.
Pharmacy staffed by pharmacist provided by an employee leasing agency is a provider as defined by Section 109 of the Act. When a physician has ownership interest in said pharmacy, a referral to the pharmacy violates the Act’s self-referral prohibition.
In this case, 700 Pharmacy filed five Fee Review Applications for prescriptions for the claimant. The Hearing Officer dismissed all of the applications on the grounds of an illegal self-referral.
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Appellate Division finds that compulsion in an activity could render it a non-social or recreational activity.
The petitioner had worked for the respondent since 2007. On December 14, 2013, he reported for mandatory snow duty and as a result, he had to stay at the assigned Marriott Hotel for 12 hours and work the other 12 hours.
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The Appellate Division reversed and remanded a trial court order denying the plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint and dismissed their matter with prejudice.
The plaintiffs had filed a complaint for survival and wrongful death against the defendants, asserting the defendants caused the decedents to become infected with COVID-19 and pass away in March 2020.
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A judge of compensation claims must be specific when awarding non-professional attendant care to a family member.
The claimant petitioned for attendant care benefits to be paid to her husband. The judge of compensation claimant ordered the employer/carrier to pay him for 30 hours per week at the federal minimum wage.
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Superior Court affirms IAB decision enforcing workers’ compensation settlement agreement and rejected claimant’s attorney’s argument of entitlement to common law “attorney’s charging lien” that was not a term of the settlement.
Mr. Webb workers’ compensation claim was denied, and he filed a petition with the Industrial Accident Board that sought acknowledgment of the accident, medical expense benefits and temporary total disability (TTD) benefits. Mr.
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Supreme Court of New Jersey Holds that Indemnification Can Exist in First-Party Claims, With the Appropriate Language
For many years, the rule of law governing claims for contractual indemnification in New Jersey has been well-established under the so-called “Azurak” rule, which requires that, in order for a party to be indemnified for its own negligence, the agr
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