Workers’ compensation death benefits are intended to financially help family members of workers who died on the job. The people who can receive death benefits related to a deceased worker are usually children, spouses and dependent family members. In most cases, the only people who can get death benefits must be related to the deceased worker by marriage or blood, and they must have...

You might think that a typical office job is virtually free of dangers, but you can get seriously hurt while sitting at a desk typing all day. The injuries don’t relate to accidents when you’re sitting at a desk, they relate to lack movement and repetitive use. Carpal tunnel syndrome, for example, is a condition that could render you completely incapable of using a mouse and...

When you get hurt on the job, you might need to take some time off work to get medical care and fully recover from your injuries. In most cases, New Jersey workers can file workers’ compensation claim to get financial assistance to pay for their medical care. Did you know — if you need to spend an extended time away from work recovering from injuries — that you can pursue...

Any New Jersey spouse is lucky to have a husband and wife who diligently goes to work every day to help make financial ends meet. However, some jobs come with a high level of risk. Although you might not want to think about it — if your spouse works in construction, as a driver, or as a firefighter or police officer — your spouse could be facing very real and present dangers every...

With a wide variety of construction projects, New Jersey is home to several instances and types of work site injuries. Slips and falls on scaffolds and roofs can lead to catastrophic back, neck and limb injuries. Construction equipment such as cranes, cement mixers and haul trucks hold dangers made worse by untrained or inattentive operators. Repetitive stress injuries, such as tendonitis and...

Tendinitis is a common injury in New Jersey workplaces that involve repetitive motion. When the same movement is repeated over and over again, it doesn’t even matter if it’s a soft or hard motion. It can cause a repetitive use injury. Interestingly, 50 percent of all athletic-caused injuries happen as a result of repetitive motion injuries. Actions like tossing a basketball,...

A judge in South Jersey said that workers’ compensation should pay for medical marijuana costs earlier this year. The ruling was issued in a case brought by a man who suffered a serious on-the-job injury while working at a lumber company. The man has been eligible to receive medical marijuana since 2014 due to a job-related hand injury. However, when he purchased 2.25 ounces of...

The average New Jersey construction site is fraught with potentially fatal dangers. For example, if you’re not paying close enough attention, you could fall off a high-story construction project and suffer life-threatening or debilitating injuries. Alternatively, you might make a mistake while using a massive piece of machinery. New Jersey workers who get hurt on the job are usually...

When a New Jersey community loses a beloved member, especially one who has touched and improved man lives, it sends shockwaves. When the loss happens unexpectedly as a result of a car accident, the loss is even more difficult to take. Unfortunately, this is exactly what happened in a recent fatal car accident that happened in Freehold, New Jersey, last weekend. Priest and sister dead...

Replacing your boring and normal office chair with a big, round, colorful exercise ball is definitely tempting. Some might even tell you it’s more comfortable and better for your health to bounce up and down on an exercise ball. However, what does the scientific evidence say? Because exercise balls have become popular office alternatives to chairs in the last decade, there has been a...