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Court in New Mexico Orders Employer to Reimburse Injured Worker for Costs of Medical Marijuana

Court in New Mexico Orders Employer to Reimburse Injured Worker for Costs of Medical Marijuana

The State of New Mexico has a Compassionate Care Act, which provides for medical marijuana when a patient is certified for the program by his or her health care provider.  In the case of Vialpando v. Ben’s Auto. Servs., 2014 N.M. App. LEXIS 50 (N.M. Ct. App. May 19, 2014), the New Mexico Court of […]

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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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Can an Employee Be Paid Less on Light Duty than the Employee Was Receiving in Temporary Disability Benefits?

New Jersey has a powerful provision allowing employers to terminate temporary disability benefits on an offer of light duty, provided that the offer is made.  If it is made, the employee must return to the light duty job or temp benefits will be terminated. But what happens if the light duty offer involves fewer hours […]

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Worker With a Severe Eye Injury Was a Special Employee and Could Not Sue His Joint Employer

Worker With a Severe Eye Injury Was a Special Employee and Could Not Sue His Joint Employer

There are many instances in which an injured worker argues that he was not employed so as to be able to bring a negligence action.  The case of Hernandez v. Port Logistics, A-3558-12T3 (App. Div. 2014) illustrates this situation. Daniel Hernandez was placing a box onto a load of pallets on August 23, 2011, when […]

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