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The plaintiff, Javier Gomez, an inmate at SCI-Coal Township, brought a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Gomez alleged that on July 14, 2022, a fellow inmate, Higgin, assaulted him.

In Breakwater Treatment and Wellness Corp. v. The City of Asbury Park, Civil Action No. 23-3661 (D.N.J. Legal Updates for New Jersey Public Entity & Civil Rights

It is important to correctly calculate the average weekly wage (AWW) from the beginning of the claim. The AWW is the starting point for calculating the rate that is used to pay all non-medical benefits. The pertinent statute is 19 Del. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

The First District Court of Appeal reversed a compensation judge’s denial of indemnity benefits to a former employee who developed atrial fibrillation months after resigning from his job. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed three trial court orders dismissing claims brought by James Weiss, a retired firefighter and employee of Altona Blower & Sheet Metal Works, who was seriously injured while installing a firefighter tra What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

In Brooks v. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, the Appellate Division upheld a workers’ compensation judge’s decision finding the petitioner 74% permanently disabled as a result of his custodial work for Rutgers. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

The Commonwealth Court has found that serial Petitions to Review may be permitted to add injuries, if they are of a different nature and even if the symptoms existed at the time a prior Petition to Review was litigated.  What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.