Most employees who are injured on the job suffer from temporary injuries that keep them out of work during the process of recovery and repair. An employee may need time to recover from a surgery or may need physical therapy before being able to return to work. In these...
WEAR and TEAR injuries are always particularly challenging because they often do not have clear physical manifestations. Unlike a broken arm or a dislocated knee, it may not be obvious to your employer that you are suffering from serious back pain at work or a neck injury due to...
At Petro Cohen, P.C., we know serious personal injury can devastate your life. Your first priority should be healing from your injury, not worrying about your medical bills, when you will be able to get back to work, and keeping up with other bills. Whether you have been involved...
If you are an employee who has been injured on the job as a result of conditions or circumstances at your workplace, it is relatively common to believe that your recourse is to sue your employer to recover damages and get compensation for the injury you suffered. In reality,...
If you experience a slip-and-fall on government-owned property, can the government be held liable for your injuries and associated damages? The short answer is yes – but there’s an important caveat: only if the government entity exhibited negligence in its maintenance of the property. It is also important to...
Slips and falls are one of the leading causes of workplace injuries in New Jersey. According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, 17 percent of all disabling accidents in the work environment are the results of falling on the job. Slips and falls can result in a wide...
For most employees, time off work due to a work-related injury can be very stressful. Even more stressful is the thought of losing your job because of your injury or because you filed a workers’ compensation claim based on your injury. For this reason, when considering whether to file...
One of the most difficult aspects of bringing a workers’ compensation claim for a WEAR and TEAR injury or a repetitive stress injury is establishing that your injury is the result of work you did on the job and not another activity you participated in or hobby you have....
In some workers’ compensation cases, determining the true cause of an injury can be difficult. The injury may have developed gradually over time, or it may be difficult to determine precisely what activity led to the injury. Burn injuries, by contrast, are usually not so complicated. Burns fall within...
Employees who are hurt while they are working on the job face many hurdles when attempting to collect workers’ compensation benefits. The process of obtaining workers’ compensation benefits can be incredibly difficult and many workers will be forced to use the assistance of an attorney to fight against challenges...