2013 Edition of Geaney’s New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Manual Now Available
The 2013 Manual is a compilation of prior editions with particular emphasis on cases decided in 2011-2012, as well as the addition of important chapters for practitioners of workers’ compensation.
Some of the 2013 Edition highlights are as follows:
- New chapter on catastrophic claims in workers’ compensation
- New chapter on calculating awards in workers’ compensation
- New chapter on confidentiality of medical information
- Revised chapter on the ADA Amendments Act
- Expanded analysis of bad faith claims
- Expanded analysis of intentional harm claims
- Expanded analysis of counsel fee issues in workers’ compensation
- Expanded analysis of Medicare Secondary Payer Statute and Guidance from the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation
- 55 pages of additional text
Some of the 70 new cases that are covered in the 2013 Manual are:
Van Dunk v. Reckson Associates (exclusive remedy)
- Quereshi v. Cintas Corporation (counsel fees)
- Burn Surgeons of St. Barnabas v. Shoprite (medical reimbursement)
- Stancil v. ACE USA (bad faith/exclusive remedy)
- Jackson v. Twp. of Montclair (fraud)
- Hersh v. County of Morris (parking lots)
- Brooks v. Board of Trustees (disability pensions)
- Sentinel Ins. Co. Ltd. v. Earthworks Landscape Constr. LLC (jurisdiction)
- Gioia v. Herr’s Foods (temp benefits post-termination)
- Russo v. Hoboken Board of Ed. (statute of limitations)
- Kudelka v. City of South Amboy (rights of PIP carriers)
- DuBrel v. Maple Crest Auto Group (fraud)
If you are interested in ordering the manual, please call Carol Wright at (856) 813-4143 or email her at cwright@capehart.com. You may also visit www.njicle.com.
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