NEWS Angela DeMary (Mount Laurel, NJ) presented on the topic “Assessing the Injury and Case” for the National Business Institute’s webinar “New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Fundamentals” on November 29, 2023. RESULTS* What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 27, No.

1.    An application for Fee Review is not premature on the basis that treatment is not related to the work injury where a Utilization Review Request has not been filed. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 27, No.

1.    The Appellate Division addresses the abuse of workers’ compensation judges’ discretion in awarding fees, costs and penalties.Garzon v. Morris Cnty. Golf Club, No. A-1100-21 (App. Div. Dec. 23, 2022) What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 27, No.

1.    Death benefits under Chapter 112 (Firefighter’s cancer diagnosis). What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 27, No.

1.    Supreme Court holds an employer or workers’ compensation carrier may assert a subrogation lien against an employee’s recovery of benefits under an employer-purchased UIM policy, overruling its own precedent, Simendinger v. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 27, No.