John H. Geaney, Esq. publishes a yearly manual aimed on providing practitioners, adjusters and employers with key information on Workers’ Compensation in the State of New Jersey. The 2021 Manual is a compilation of prior editions with particular emphasis on cases decided in 2018-2020 as well as the addition of three new chapters and 50 new pages of text.
- New Chapter on The Thomas P. Canzanella Law passed in 2019 dealing with the rights of first responders to file for occupational disease claims
- New Chapter on 2020, c.84 regarding COVID-19 claims
- New Chapter on the Hand and Foot bill passed in 2020
- Expanded analysis on liens and major/minor deviations
- Caraballo v. City of Jersey City (reasonable accommodation and workers’ compensation)
- Martin v. Newark Board of Education (functional improvement is lodestar for ongoing pain management)
- Calero v. Target Corp. (Judge of Compensation can reopen terms of consent settlement to reconstruct wages)
- Manuel v. RWJ Barnabas Health (walk to hospital parking lot not covered)
- Marconi v. United Airlines (jurisdiction on the basis of localization of employer)
- New Jersey Transit Corp. v. Sanchez (employer has rights to pursue third party for economic losses where petitioner did not receive PIP benefits)
- Wild v. Carriage Funeral Homes (reasonable accommodation for use of medical marijuana off site)
- Kocanowski v. Twp. of Bridgewater (statutory volunteers need not prove actual wage loss for temp)
- Liberty Mutual Ins. v. Rodriguez (correct method to calculate lien reimbursement in high third party settlements)
- Malone v. Pennsauken Bd. of Educ. (Judge of Compensation has right to enter judgment for reimbursement against a party)
- McGory v. SLS Landscaping (Dismissal of motion for med and temp violated due process rights of petitioner)
- Hager v. M&K Construction (Carrier ordered to reimburse petitioner for costs of medical marijuana – certification granted)
- Anesthesia Associates v. Weinstein Supply (jurisdiction issues in MCP cases)