For Attorneys, Physicians, Adjusters, and Employers

GEANEY’S NEW JERSEY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION MANUAL

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 2023 Manual is a compilation of prior editions with particular emphasis on cases decided from late 2020 through late 2022 as well as the addition of three new chapters and 42 new pages of text.

Highlights

  • New Chapter on Penalties in Workers’ Compensation
  • New Chapter on Presumptions Contained in the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act
  • New Chapter on Complex Issues in Parking Lot Cases and the 2022 New Parking Lot Law

New Cases and Regulations Being Analyzed

  • Update from CMS on Non-Submit Set Asides
  • Summary of the 2021 Supplemental Benefits Law for surviving COVID dependents
  • Hager v. M&K (key Supreme Court decision on employer’s obligation to reimburse cost of medical marijuana)
  • Ripp v. County of Hudson (penalties in workers’ compensation)
  • Keim v. Above All (authorized vehicle provision under N.J.S.A. 34:15-36)
  • Alam v. Ameribuilt Contractors (conflicts of interest issues for defense counsel)
  • Goulding v. Friendship House (Supreme Court decision on recreational activity claims)
  • Ryan-Wirth v. Hoboken Board of Education (injury during exercise in school with students)
  • Portillo v. National Freight (analysis of ABC test for independent contractors)
  • Lapsley v. Twp. of Sparta (Supreme Court decision on shared parking lot injury)
  • DiFiore v. Pezic (analysis of rules on recording IMEs and having observers in exams)
  • Walker v. Saker Shop-Rite (analysis of injury in leased parking lot)
  • Saiti v. Garden Homes (penalties in workers’ compensation)
  • Summary of new regulations on accidental disability offsets
  • Servais v. Ocean Wholesale (whether payment for an employment separation agreement can be deemed a workers’ compensation payment)
  • Pilone v. County of Middlesex (off premises discussion between attorneys at time of injury held not compensable)
  • S2253 lowering costs medical providers can charge for copies of records