Archive for November, 2018
The Amazing Rise of Medical Claim Petitions in New Jersey Workers’ Compensation
Just six years ago, former Governor Chris Christie signed into law a bill which vested exclusive jurisdiction within the Division of Workers’ Compensation over any disputed medical charge arising from any claim for compensation for a work-related injury or illness. That was the beginning of what we now call “Medical Claim Petitions” or MCPs filed […]
Do Voluntary Offers Still Make Sense in New Jersey Comp?
By now all workers’ compensation practitioners know of the law change in 2018 with respect to voluntary offers or bona fide offers of permanency. The new law amended the 1927 law that allowed employers to make voluntary offers within certain time limits free from counsel fee. The law passed in 2018 provides that if there […]
New Jersey Plaintiff Failed to Prove His Obesity Met Standard of an ADA Disability
Richard Helmrich worked as an Assistant Director of Food and Beverage at Mountain Creek Resort. He was a large man, six-feet-tall with a body mass index between 40.27 and 47.53, above the threshold for obesity. During his employment with the Resort he informed his boss of his weight and heart conditions. His doctor diagnosed him […]
Connect with Capehart Scatchard