NJ Worker’s Compensation Attorneys

NJ Work-Related Injury Lawyer

When you’ve been hurt at work, you need Daniel Agatino’s experienced, Jersey-tough personal injury law team by your side. We’ll guide you through the process and fight for the compensation you deserve.

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In these troubled times of stress and economic woe, there is little worse than a workplace injury forcing you into the precarious position of not-knowing where to find your next meal. From our location on the border of Sussex & Morris Co., NJ, our team has the tools to bring your worker’s compensation case to a successful resolution.

Are you eligible for workers’ compensation?

Cases for workers’ compensation benefits typically meet a few, common sense criteria:

  • The person who sustained the injury must be an employee at the time of injury. It usually doesn’t matter if you are part-time, full-time, or seasonal, so long as you are technically and legally in the employment of the company where the injuries were sustained. The flip-side of this is that contractors and freelancers would not usually be eligible for workers’ comp under the current laws in NJ.

  • The incident must be work-related. If an employee decides to play street hockey during their lunch break and sustains an injury, unfortunately, because this was not work-related activity, this employee would likely be ineligible for workers’ compensation.

  • Usually the incident must occur at the place of business—but there are exceptions for occasions where the employee’s duties take them outside the normal work environment. For instance, if an employee was asked to bring the catering to the company picnic and subsequently burned themselves handling this food, they may have a case!

F.A.Q.

What if the injury was my fault?

Don’t let them fool you! There is no requirement that the company you work for has to be at “fault” The system is set-up to protect employees, and as such it covers no-fault scenarios.

If you drive a forklift and you’ve never been directed to use the seat belt, but one day you fall from the cage and a seat-belt might have helped—as long as driving without the seat belt was previously condoned by your employer—then you’re likely still eligible for worker’s comp.

Incidents involving self-harm, drug and alcohol use, or brazen misconduct, are, however, ineligible.

So long as an ailment is the direct result of work activity, it can be covered. If exposure to hazardous or toxic conditions cause a disease or injury to develop (or even worsen), then you may be eligible for workers’ comp. Chronic Illnesses—sometimes referred to as Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs)—are fully covered under the current system of workers’ compensation, so long as they meet the criteria.

Personal Injury Law Team Lead

Daniel Agatino, PhD.

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