Showing posts with label Burden of Proof. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Burden of Proof. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Fracture of Silicone Breast Implant Held Not to be Compensable

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In an unpublished decision, the NJ Appellate Division upheld the dismissal of a workers' compensation claim for the repair of a ruptured...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Virus Sequencing Useful to Establish Causal Relationship

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A recently reported technique maybe prove extremely helpful to establish causal relationship in workers’ compensation cases. Whether a healt...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Termination and the lingering cloud over a disabled worker

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Injured workers are in constant fear of losing their jobs as a result of absenteeism caused by injuries incurred at work. NJ Supreme Court ...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

Weighing Genetic Factors in Cardiovascular Cases

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Cardiovascular cases involving occupational risks are complicated causation proof issues in workers' compensation cases. The associatio...
Monday, February 3, 2014

Substantial Credible Evidence Remains the Rule

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Despite the informality of  a workers compensation hearing, the evidence relied upon by the hearing official must be substantially credibl...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

NJ Court Sets the Evidentiary Proof Standard for a Pulmonary - Cardiovascular Claim

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A NJ Workers' Compensation Court affirmed the dismissal of a pulmonary claim ruling that the evidence presented was lacking, and that t...