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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Perception of Claimant Insuffient to Meet Burden of Proof

The Chief Financial Officer of a day care center was denied her caim for psychological disability resulting from a claim of a heavy work load. The Court held the cause was not peculiar to her employment, that there was a lack of supporting objective mendical evidence, and that the underlying, pre-existing disability from childhood resulting in a compulsive disorder was the cause of the condition.

K.S. v Sunnydays Early Childhood Services, 2010 WL 173531 (N.J. Super.A.D.) decided January 20, 2010.

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