Parking Constitutes Arrival at Work

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A NJ Court of Appeals in a definitive statement about off-premises injuries, strongly affirmed the rule that when an employee arrives at am employer designated parking lot, the employee arrives at work. Even though the employee had exited the vehicle, and was injured while on a public street, the employer was held liable for the injuries under the workers' compensation act.

"Hence, we agree with the judge that when petitioner parked her car in the assigned garage, she was not coming to work, she had arrived there."

CHERYL HERSH, Petitioner–Respondent, 

v. 

COUNTY OF MORRIS, Respondent–Appellant,  

DOCKET NO. A–1442–10T4 

2012 WL 3000329 (N.J.Super.A.D. 2012) Decided 7/24/12.

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