Showing posts with label Jurisdiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jurisdiction. Show all posts
Monday, February 28, 2022

The Master of the Complaint Retains Jurisdiction

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Deciding employment status is an issue that can be resolved either before the Division of Workers’ Compensation [DWC] or before Superior Cou...
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Navigable Waterway Confers Jurisdiction

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that workers compensation benefits are payable under The Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensat...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Employment Relationship Essential Criteria for Jurisdiction

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Petitioner, a New Jersey resident, sought benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act (WCA), N.J.S.A. 34:15-1 to -128, alleging injuri...
Thursday, March 8, 2018

Federal Court Invokes the Abstention Doctrine in a Workers' Compensation Matter

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A Federal Court decided that it would defer to a New Jersey Judge of Compensation to resolve an underlying issue of compensability in a c...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

The Internet Redefines Jurisdiction

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The Internet has resulted in widespread changes in workers’ compensation including what defines a contract of employment. In determining the...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

NJ Supreme Court: Superior Court has jurisdiction to determine employment status

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The NJ Supreme Court ruled that the NJ Division of Workers' Compensation does not have exclusive jurisdiction in determining employment...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Pending Before the NJ Supreme Court

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A-89-13 Estate of Myroslava Kotsovska v. Saul Liebman (073861) Should the trial court have transferred this wrongful death and survival ac...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Court of Compensation Does Not Have Jurisdiction for Restitution

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A Court of Compensation is not the place for an insurance carrier to seek reimbursement from a responsible entity if it has paid a judgment ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

NJ Bayonne Medical Center - Highest Priced Medicine in the Nation

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While workers' compensation insurance carriers may set approved fees or contract with providers, hospitals have huge disparities in the ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

NFL, Like M.D.'s, Was Slow to Recognize Concussion Risk =Orentlicher & David

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Professor George W. Conk The internationally recognized expert on complex li...
Friday, May 11, 2012

Law to Ban Medical Expense Claims Proposed

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Legislation ( A-2652 ) [introduced May 10, 2012] has been proposed in NJ that would ban  charging workers’ compensation claimants for medica...