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• How Does Paid Emergency Families First Sick Leave Act Work?
  On April 1, 2020, the Families First Paid Emergency Sick Leave Act Law became law. The Act provides sick time to employees who are unable to work due to Covid 19 related illness. Learn more about your Sick Leave rights and your rights under the New Jersey Workers Compensation law if you or your family […]
• Essential Workers: Law Makes It Easier to Obtain Covid 19 Related Benefits
  In September 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law legislation that created a rebuttable presumption for “essential workers” that if they get sick with Covid-19 (also known as Coronavirus) that the Covid-19 was acquired at work. Before this new law, an essential worker would have to prove that they acquired the Coronavirus was […]
• Protection for Essential Workers Awaits Governor Murphy’s Signature
  The Legislation provides a presumption that if an essential worker contracts Covid 19 that there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the contraction of the disease is work-related and fully compensable under the New Jersey Workers Compensation Act and the State Ordinary and Accidental Disability Law. The prima facie presumption may however be rebutted by […]
• Should I tell my Bankruptcy Attorney About My Workers Compensation Case?
  Bankruptcy exists to provide individuals with a fresh start by eliminating debt. The Bankruptcy proceeding is a serious undertaking conducted in Federal Court and under the watchful eye of a Bankruptcy Trustee whose job is to ensure that creditor rights are protected by discovering all assets of the Bankruptcy applicant that could be used to […]
• NJ Legislature Set To Extend Covid 19 Protections to All Essential Workers
  New Jersey Workers Compensation benefits include temporary disability benefits (70% of your salary up to a maximum amount), emergency and authorized medical treatment paid in full, and a monetary compensation based upon a percentage of permanent injury due to Covid 19.  Also, there are dependency benefits if there is a death due to Covid 19 […]
• Why A Presumption of Compensability In Covid-19 Coronavirus Is Necessary for Essential Workers.
  Governor Phil Murphy deemed in Executive Orders certain individuals as essential workers.  Those essential workers went beyond public safety workers and included individuals who work in grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, gas stations, delivery personnel and financial institutions including banks.  Last year, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Thomas Canzanella 21st Century First Responders Act (hereinafter […]
• New Jersey Law Provides Public Safety Workers with Workers Compensation Benefits for Coronavirus Covid 19 But Needs Expansion
  The Thomas Canzanella First Responders Law broadly defines a public safety worker to include fire department personnel, police officers, community emergency response team members that was approved by the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management or a correctional facility, a basic or advanced medical technician of a first aid or rescue squad, or any other […]
• School Bus Driver Sentenced to 10 Years in Jail
  NJ Accident previously reported on the 2018 Route 80 school bus accident that resulted in the death of a teacher and a student along with multiple injuries to other students and staff on the school bus. The bus driver Hudy Muldrow Sr. pleaded guilty to reckless vehicular homicide, assault by auto and child endangerment this […]
• Boy Scouts File for Bankruptcy But Won’t Preclude Abuse Survivors Compensation
  Boy Scouts File for Bankruptcy But Won’t Preclude Abuse Survivors Compensation. On February 18, 2020, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces hundreds of lawsuits from Scouts that claim they were sexually abused. The Bankruptcy filing should not bar abuse survivors from receiving compensation. The Bankruptcy Court will likely create […]
• Ten Year Prison Term For Paramus Bus Driver Possible
  Paramus Board of Education School Bus driver, Hudy Muldrow Sr., pled guilty to two counts of Reckless Vehicular Homicide, five counts of Assault by Auto and five counts of Endangering the Welfare of Children arising out of the May 17, 2018 School Bus Accident on Route 80 in Mt. Olive. The Prosecutor has recommended a […]