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Law Suit Improperly Filed in Civil Court Could Not Be Transferred to Division of Workers’ Compensation

Law Suit Improperly Filed in Civil Court Could Not Be Transferred to Division of Workers’ Compensation

Sometimes attorneys, unfamiliar with workers’ compensation, file civil suits that really belong in the Division of Workers’ Compensation.  That was the situation in Garofalo v. East Whitehouse Fire Department, A-3649-12T2, A-4687-12T2, (App.Div.March 28, 2014). The case began with an injury on March 11, 2009 to Anthony Garofalo, who was a podiatric surgeon in New York […]

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