A NJ appellate court ruled that an employee who was severely injured in a parking lot as a result of a slip and fall was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits since the injury occurred “off the premises” and the employer did not control the employee’s parking.
The Court also ruled, that even though a separate corporation that owned the parking lot, the corporate veil could not be pierced in absence of the proof of fraud by the employer. The employer merely rented the store premises and not the parking lot.
Cottone v Medical Supply Corp. and NJ Manufacturers (Intervener)
2013 WL 1136114 (N.J.Super.A.D.) Decided March 20, 2013
