A police officer who is injured while in the scope and course of their employment while performing a traffic stop will be entitled to workers compensation benefits.  Workers compensation in New Jersey allows an injured…

Workers’ Compensation: Northeast States Have Highest Rates of Post-Treatment Opioid Addiction Among Workers’ Compensation Recipients When a worker is injured, a very common course of treatment involves prescribed pain medication.  And according to the Workers…

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law.  Known commonly as Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, the controversial legislation put healthcare changes into place that…

On the morning of June 9, 2010, Walesca Benvenutti—a bus driver employed by Scholastic Bus Company—was sweeping her bus after bringing the students to school.  She was required under the terms of her position to…

After months of negotiations, California labor unions and employers finally came together to help produce SB 863, a new law that overhauls much of that state’s workers’ compensation system.  Everyone agreed that the system needed…

A recent article (http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/16454-transportation-incidents-are-a-leading-cause-of-workplace-fatalities.html), focusing on the state of Indiana, highlighted the number of car accidents that take place in the course of employment.  The article noted that, not only are car crashes among the…

Major Employers Imposing Penalties for Unhealthy Workers As reported this week in The Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324600704578402784123334550.html), Michelin North America, Inc.—a branch of the worldwide company that employs over 100,000 people—has decided to implement a…

Appellate Division Affirms Award of Temporary Disability Workers’ Compensation Benefits On January 31st, 2011, Michael Johnson—an employee of Hamilton Township’s Water Pollution Control Facility represented by David Schroth, Esq—reached inside a control panel that regulated…

In late February of this year, a conference was held in Boston on workers’ compensation law.  The event—organized by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI)—highlighted a number of interesting issues.  The primary topic, for example,…