Archive for July, 2022
A Practitioner’s Glossary of New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Shorthand
Practical Advice in New Jersey Workers’ Compensation A reader reached out asking about the terms and abbreviations often used in the workers’ compensation practice. Below is a glossary of these abbreviations and phrases often used (listed generally in the order in which they may appear as a case progresses). “CP” – Claim Petition: This pleading […]
Guidance on Recording Defense Medical Examinations and Having Non-parties Present
One of the most nettlesome questions in New Jersey workers’ compensation is whether a non-party can attend an IME and whether a petitioner or a physician can record a medical examination without the other party’s consent and use it at trial. It is important to observe that the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act provides very […]
Appellate Division Reverses Judge of Compensation’s Decision That Employment Separation Agreement Constituted a Payment for a Disputed Workers’ Compensation Claim
The case of Donald Servais v. Ocean Wholesale Nursery, LLC., A-2988-20, (App. Div. July 14, 2022) presents an unusual legal issue in workers’ compensation. The case involved a dispute about an employment separation agreement and whether that agreement could have been construed to constitute a payment of workers’ compensation benefits, thereby tolling the statute of […]
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