Was Your Injury Work-Related? Part 1
Situations Where You May or May Not Be Eligible for Workers’ Comp Benefits New Jersey workers’ compensation law has made it simpler for injured workers to recover benefits in a timely manner. Unlike most other personal injury claims, workers’ compensation benefits do not require that you prove negligence. Instead, to qualify for payments, you need only show...
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Getting Compensation after a Workplace Injury in New Jersey
Qualifying for Workers’ Compensation | Can You File a Personal Injury Lawsuit? You’ve been hurt on the job and your injuries prevent you from working. In New Jersey, you have the right to seek benefits through the state’s workers’ compensation laws. What must you show to be eligible to receive work comp benefits? Will you be...
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It That a Crime? Can I Sue for Damages?
The Difference between Criminal and Civil Matters in New Jersey You’ve suffered some type of loss or injury because of the wrongful act of another person. How do you get relief? Were their actions such that they should be criminally prosecuted? Is your only remedy to file a lawsuit to get compensation for your losses? Are there...
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Can You File a Lawsuit If You Are Injured Due to Poor Lighting on Residential or Commercial Property?
Does a Property Owner Have a Duty to Ensure Property Illumination? You’re visiting someone’s house after dark or you’re making a late-night trip to the store. There’s a light out and you don’t see a step or other obstacle in your path. You trip and fall suffering serious injury. Can you seek damages from the owner of...
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What Happens If Your Employer Doesn’t Have Workers’ Compensation Insurance?
What Are Your Rights In New Jersey after a Workplace Injury? In New Jersey, as in all states, when you have been hurt on the job, your first course of action is typically to file an application for workers’ compensation benefits. Under New Jersey law, all employers not covered by federal programs must either have coverage for...
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The Common Reasons Workers’ Compensation Claims Are Denied
In most instances, in New Jersey, when you’ve suffered an injury on the job, you have a right to file for benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation laws. As in other states, you don’t have to prove that your employer acted carelessly or negligently. You only need to show that you were hurt and that your...
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Can You Be Fired While Collecting Workers’ Compensation?
What Happens to Your Benefits if You Are Terminated? You”ve been hurt on the job and you”ve filed for benefits under the New Jersey workers’ compensation laws. You”ve had difficulties or disagreements with your employer in the past and your boss takes the opportunity, while you are disabled, to fill your position and terminate you. Can...
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Can You Lose Your Workers’ Compensation Benefits in New Jersey?
Common Ways that You Can Have a Claim Rejected or Terminated When you have been hurt on the job in New Jersey, you have a right to seek compensation under the state’s workers’ compensation laws. As a general rule, you don’t have to prove that your employer was careless or negligent. You’ll be eligible for benefits...
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Reasons Why Your Work Comp Claim May Be Denied
Common Causes of a Rejected Workers’ Compensation Claim In New Jersey, as in all states, there are only two requirements to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits: you must show that you suffered an injury, and you must prove that the injury occurred during the course of your employment. It would seem, then, that collecting work...
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What You Need to Do When You’ve Been Hurt at Work
Steps You Can Take to Improve Your Chances of Having a Work Comp Claim Approved Under New Jersey law, when you have been injured on the job, you have the right to file a workers’ compensation claim, seeking benefits for lost wages, as well as all reasonable and necessary medical expenses related to your injury. Workers’ compensation...
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Qualifying for Workers’ Compensation in New Jersey
The Injuries that Are and Are Not Typically Covered by Work Comp In New Jersey, to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, you need only show two things: that you were hurt and that the injury was sustained in the course of your employment. On its face, that may seem like a simple determination, but it can...
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Workers’ Compensation and Pre-Existing Injuries
Can You Get Benefits for Aggravating a Prior Injury? When you’ve suffered an injury in the workplace, you generally have the right to seek workers’ compensation benefits, provided you can prove that you were hurt and that the injury was sustained during the course of your employment. What happens, though, when you’ve suffered an injury, taken time...
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