On January 25, 2023, the Workers’ Compensation Court entered a judgment after a full trial, in favor of a 39-year-old emergency room technician finding that her neck surgery was a compensable “Wear & Tear” occupational exposure entitling her to a significant workers’ compensation award. Like most occupational exposure orthopedic...
To what extent is a contractor responsible for injuries caused to another as a result of its work? At what point does a contractor have a duty to protect certain individuals that may reasonably be affected by its construction activities? The question is simple enough and the answer would...
On October 20, 2022, Petro Cohen P.C. settled a $425,000 “wear and tear” claim for a 41-year-old server who alleged that her work duties cause or aggravated her spinal medical conditions. Through the firm’s representation led by Dan Rosenthal, Esq. she received court-ordered medical treatment including physical therapy, injections,...
We are pleased to report another victory in the Workers’ Compensation Court, once again proving “wear and tear” is real. Our client was a hardworking casino soft-count technician who had worked for casinos for more than 25 years. He had a previous neck surgery a number of years ago...
Under the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act, an employee is entitled to compensation for injuries that are sustained in the course and scope of employment. In other words, if you get injured at work, you should be able to recover compensation for those injuries. In this case, Petro Cohen,...
Is a two-family home considered a residential property when an owner rents one of the units but lives in the other? Is a strip of concrete abutting the property considered a sidewalk when the area is used for parking? Is this all just a matter of semantics or does...
NORTHFIELD, NJ – September 8, 2015 – The recovery in a workplace injury can result in significant compensation depending upon the severity of the injury, even though an individual may not be permanently and totally disabled because of it. On June 11, 2012, our client, a maintenance worker, fell...
Even chiropractors can have compensable spinal conditions. On July 23, 2015, a client of Petro Cohen who is a hard-working chiropractor received a compensation Award of permanent partial disability in the overall amount of 60% of his body. The Judge of Workers’ Compensation made the Award for the orthopedic...
NORTHFIELD, NJ – July 29, 2015 – On July 16, 2015, a client of Petro Cohen was awarded two separate Awards of Compensation totaling an overall permanency rating of 35% of his body for spinal surgery, which was necessary following two separate compensable accidents that occurred during his employment...
Northfield, NJ – July 16, 2015 – With the help of Petro Cohen, a former EVS worker at an Atlantic City casino was adjudicated by the Compensation Court as being entitled to 100% permanent total disability benefits because of her long-standing compensable low back condition. The original injury occurred...
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