Some Work-Related Injuries Are Sudden When many New Jersey workers hear the term “work-related injury,” they naturally contemplate a sudden, traumatic incident: falling from a ladder, cutting a finger with a circular saw, or the sudden flare up of pain in the low back from lifting a heavy object. Indeed, those sorts of injuries are all too common. They are also generally compensable under New Jersey’s workers’ compensation law....
Read MoreFor many New Jersey masons and tile setters, sore knees and aching hips seem like part of the job. What starts as stiffness after a long day often becomes constant pain that makes climbing stairs, carrying materials, or simply getting out of bed more difficult. If that sounds familiar, you may be wondering whether your condition is simply the result of aging or whether it could qualify for a...
Read MoreHighway maintenance is physically demanding in ways that are easy to overlook until the aches stop going away. Years of shoveling asphalt, operating jackhammers, lifting barricades, clearing debris, climbing in and out of heavy equipment, and working long shifts can gradually wear down nearly every part of the body. If you are wondering whether a workers’ comp repetitive motion injury claim applies when there was no single accident, the...
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