After an accident, you should have a good working relationship with your doctor, as he or she has a key role in determining how much compensation you receive and how fast and fully you recover from your injuries.  Here are tips to having a good working relationship with your doctor. 1) Tell your doctor about all your injuries. Your doctor will make notes of your injuries, and these notes can show an insurance company or court the full extent of your injuries.  If you don’t tell your doctor … [Read more...]

In New Jersey, the right to receive child support is the right of the child, not the parent. All parents in this state are obligated to contribute to the support of their children, regardless of their marital status. The amount each parent must contribute is dependent on several factors. In most cases, the child support obligation of a parent is calculated using the NJ child support guidelines. Certain expenses are included in the child support guidelines, such as clothing and entertainment, … [Read more...]

Many people mistakenly believe that if a work injury is their own fault they are not entitled to Workers' Compensation benefits.  This is simply not true.  Under New Jersey Workers' Compensation law, you do not have to prove fault to be entitled to benefits as long as an injury or illness arose out of and in the course of your employment.  It should be noted that you are not entitled to benefits if your employer can show that you intentionally injured yourself. Anytime your are injured at work, … [Read more...]

If you suffer a work injury, it is important that you report it to a supervisor or the human resource department as soon as you are able to do so. If you think you may require any sort of medical care it is important that you request it at the time that you report the injury. If you fail to report an injury within 90 days of the incident, you will find it much more difficult to get Workers’ Compensation benefits and you may in fact miss out on benefits to which you otherwise may have been … [Read more...]

On the job injuries are common. If you have an injury or illness from your job, you may be entitled to money under workers' compensation laws. The injury may be from a single act (like getting hurt in a fall or getting in a car accident while making deliveries) or it may be from exposure  to activities at work (like hurting your wrist from doing the same motion constantly or hearing loss from constant loud noise). Workers' compensation laws help make sure injured workers have money to care … [Read more...]