How Does Paid Emergency Families First Sick Leave Act Work?
On April 1, 2020, the 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. Sick time is to be paid to an...
View ArticleEssential 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...
View ArticleProtection for Essential Workers Awaits Governor Murphy’s Signature
As the Covid 19 Coronavirus spread in New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy deemed in Executive Orders certain individuals as essential workers. Those essential workers went beyond public safety workers...
View ArticleShould I tell my Bankruptcy Attorney About My Workers Compensation Case?
When someone suffers a work accident, their income may be significantly reduced. New Jersey Workers Compensation insurance provides three fundamental benefits, medical treatment, temporary disability...
View ArticleNJ Legislature Set To Extend Covid 19 Protections to All Essential Workers
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued an Executive Order in March which made grocery stores, delivery personnel, and others, Essential Workers which required them to continue working at their jobs....
View ArticleWhy A Presumption of Compensability In Covid-19 Coronavirus Is Necessary for...
New Jersey 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...
View ArticleNew Jersey Law Provides Public Safety Workers with Workers Compensation...
On July 8, 2019, before the Covid 19 Cornonvirus pandemic hit the State of New Jersey hard, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Thomas Canzanella 21st Century First Responders Act. The legislation...
View ArticleSchool 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...
View ArticleBoy 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...
View ArticleTen 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...
View ArticleRoute 280 Crash Injures 3 State Troopers
(West Orange, NJ, July 30, 2019) The morning commute for motorists coming down into the Newark area in New Jersey was all but normal today. Commuters are used to slow-moving traffic but motorists...
View ArticleNJ Supreme Court Reverses Lower Courts to Help Volunteer Firefighters
A couple weeks ago NJAccident.com published an article urging the New Jersey Supreme Court to overturn a Workers Compensation Judge’s decision and an Appellate Division Three-Judge panel’s decision...
View ArticleInsurance Carriers Lose Fight to Limit Payment of Doctors
When an Emergency Room doctor performs an operation that saves a life in New Jersey due to a work accident, the doctor usually ends up fighting an insurance carrier over how much is a reasonable fee...
View ArticleNJ Supreme Court Takes Up Volunteer Firefighter’s Case for Benefits
In New Jersey, Volunteer Firefighters have a special section outlining their entitlement to Workers Compensation Benefits from the town they serve. The special section for Volunteer Firefighters was...
View ArticlePatients Exposed to HIV & Hepatitis at NJ Surgical Center
When Mahogany Clifton had a work accident and injured her shoulder, she never thought that she would be at an attorney’s office talking about a lawsuit against the surgical center her doctor chose to...
View ArticleFireworks Legal in New Jersey? False News
Fireworks Coming Soon In 2017, ex-Governor Chris Christie signed a law passed by the New Jersey Legislature allowing for the sale, possession, storage, and use of certain sparklers and other...
View ArticleRoute 80 School Bus Crash Only 1 of 3 Fatal Mt. Olive Accidents
School Bus Crash Only 1 of 3 other Fatal Crashes on Route 80 in Mt. Olive New Jersey. On May 17, 2018, Paramus School Bus Driver Hudy Muldrow, 77, after being the 2nd of 3 bus drivers who missed a...
View ArticleWhat To Do If Involved in Uber or Lyft Accident
What to do if in an accident. The convenience of using an App on your smartphone to call for a taxi ride with companies like Uber and Lyft has increased the number of individuals opting to use these...
View ArticleSixty-one children are hit by automobiles every day in the United States
Children hit by automobiles statistics. Many local schools will be open next week. According to a study by the Safe Kids, sixty-one children are hit by automobiles every day in the United States most...
View ArticleUber Offers More Insurance Protection Except for The Driver
Uber offers a change in insurance protection. The New Jersey Legislature passed a law earlier this year which required that rideshare services like Uber provide automobile insurance as follows: (1)...
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