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How Employers Can Reduce Permanency Awards In New Jersey At No Cost
Permanency awards in the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation can amount to very significant dollars. An award of 40% partial permanent disability at 2017 rates amounts to $114,720 – tax free....
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Rules Regarding Future Payments Under Permanency Awards and Commutations
New Jersey adjusters sometimes ask why future benefits under an order approving settlement with a percentage of disability cannot be paid in a lump sum to the injured worker. In other words, why is...
View ArticleThe Most Common Mistake In Permanency Assessments: Evaluating Medical...
Assessing permanent disability is such a vital aspect of every formal workers’ compensation claim petition. New Jersey is a loss of function state unlike the more common wage loss states. An employee...
View ArticleAppellate Division Endorses a Penalty Assessed by the Judge of Compensation...
There are few cases in the Division that discuss penalties for late payments of permanency awards, so the recently published Appellate Division decision in Ripp v. County of Hudson, No. A-2972-20...
View ArticleSection 20 Settlements Versus Orders Approving Settlement
Practical Advice in New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Our clients often ask great questions regarding settlements in New Jersey workers’ compensation, particularly regarding the two types of...
View ArticleA Practitioner’s Guide to Prior Injuries and Credits
Practical Advice in New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:15-12(d), “if previous loss of function to the body, head, a member or an organ is established by competent evidence, and...
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