Jeffrey D. Newby

Partner, Workers' Compensation Co-Managing Partner & Board of Directors

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03.27.24Injuries During A Paid Travel Time Lunch Break Are Deemed Non-Compensable
12.26.23Pennsylvania and New Jersey Release 2024 Average Weekly Wage Rates
12.21.23Appellate Court Stands Firm: Upholding Lower Court Decision on Causation and Credibility
12.13.23Is an Employee Entitled to Temporary Total Disability Years After They Have Left Your Employ and Their Disability Recurs?
11.02.23Employer Immunity from Direct Suit Upheld Once Again
10.03.23The Idiopathic Defense: A Rare Win for the Employer
08.31.23Maximum Medical Improvement: Now You See It, Now You Don't
07.27.23Senate Bill No. 3309 Increases Fees for Claimants’ Evaluating Physicians and Expands Permissible Legal Fees to Providers
01.06.23Pennsylvania and New Jersey Release 2023 Average Weekly Wage Rates
11.29.22What is a Special Mission and Does a Violation of Company Orders Constitute a Defense to a Claim?
10.17.22Traveling Employees Always Have Greater Coverage In Course And Scope Of Employment Decisions
08.26.22Section 40 Lien Entitlement Should Include the Gross Award to the Petitioner and Not the Net After Fees and Costs Paid
08.09.22The New Jersey Supreme Court Speaks: Don’t Label Employees Independent Contractors Unless You Can Meet Every Element Of The ABC Test
07.22.22Separate Agreement Does Not Have the Effect of Tolling the Two-Year Statute of Limitations Under the Workers’ Compensation Act
06.07.22Surprising Decision Reversing an Order Imposing Maximum Penalty for Delay in Payment of Settlement Proceeds
03.22.22When Court has the Ability to Correct a Mistake to Avoid Inequity Despite a Clear Violation of the Statue of Limitations
02.21.22Workers’ Compensation Courts Are Reopening - Is The Virtual Practice Of Law A Thing Of The Past, Or The Way Of The Future
02.04.22If at First You Don't Succeed, Appeal and then Appeal Again - Unless You Are Out of Time
01.21.22New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Compensability in Parking Lot Case Dismissing the Employer’s Liability in the Third Party Action
12.20.21Pennsylvania and New Jersey Release 2022 Average Weekly Wage Rates
12.15.21Injuries Sustained While Exercising on the Employer’s Premises Before Work Found Not Compensable
10.04.21Workers’ Comp Award Affirmed by Appellate Division in Unusual Appeal and Trial with Pro Se Petitioner
09.09.21Premise Rule for New Jersey Workers’ Compensation: Employer Intent and Control
06.28.21Judge Affirms Denial of Claim Petition and Dismisses Allegation of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
06.10.21Will an Out of State Contract Bind the Parties in New Jersey to the Laws of Another State?
06.10.21Benefits Denied in Connection with Injuries Sustained Attending a Social Event
05.12.21Biden Administration Blocks Trump-Era Rule Allowing Gig Workers to be Classified as Independent Contractors
03.23.21Injury Suffered During Off Premises Meeting Denied as Not in Course and Scope of Employment
03.10.21NJ Workers’ Compensation: Senate Bill 2476
03.02.21NJ Workers’ Compensation: Senate Bill 3375
01.21.21Potential Major Impact on Workers’ Compensation as Senate Passes Bill to Expand Parking Lot Coverage
10.08.20Appellate Division Rejects Medical Providers Application For Additional Payments on Jurisdictional Grounds
07.24.20Workers' Compensation Carrier's Right to Subrogation Exists Despite Verbal Threshold Defense
05.26.20New Jersey Workers' Compensation Alerts - May 26, 2020
05.13.20NJ Senate Committee Approves COVID-19 Bill
05.08.20New Jersey Workers' Compensation Alert - May 8, 2020 Update
05.08.20Latest New Jersey Workers' Compensation Update
04.22.20New Jersey Workers' Compensation Alert - Update April 22, 2020
04.08.20New Jersey Workers' Compensation April 8, 2020 Update
03.30.20New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation Update
03.25.20How Does Governor Murphy’s Shutdown of Non-Essential Businesses Affect Pending Workers’ Compensation Claims?
03.16.20Workers’ Compensation Practices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware During the COVID-19 Outbreak - as of 11:30 a.m. March 16th, 2020
2.12.20Subrogation Lien Rights Upheld Once Again
1.14.20Odd-Lot Doctrine: Total Disability May be Based Upon Inability to Understand English
01.07.20Pennsylvania and New Jersey Release 2020 Average Weekly Wage Rates
11.14.19Work vs. Play - Compensability of Injuries Occurring During Recreational Activities
11.08.19Appellate Court Cautions Against Loosely Handling Motions
10.17.19Appellate Court Affirms Judge's Decision Denying Petitioner's Entitlement to Ongoing Opiate Use
08.05.19How Should Attorney Fees be Calculated in a Spouse's Death Benefits Claim for Workers' Compensation?
07.11.19When an Injury is Due to an Assault at the Workplace is it Compensable?
07.11.19Reconstruction of the Permanent Disability Rate Revisited
06.20.19An Employee Must Utilize All the Administrative Remedies Available Under the Workers' Compensation Act Before Pursuing a Claim in the Law Division
06.11.19Fundamental Fairness Paramount in Workers' Compensation Hearings
05.17.19When Pranks Go Wrong: Compensability of Injuries Arising from Employee Horseplay
2.5.19Medical Provider Claims Still Have a Six Year Statute of Limitations
01.02.19Pennsylvania and New Jersey Release 2019 Average Weekly Wage Rates
09.04.18The New Jersey Worker's Compensation Statute Has Been Amended to Eliminate the Credit for Counsel Fees Based upon a Voluntary Offer
07.05.18Rejection by Court of Occupational Claim Due to Lack of Proofs
05.22.18The Criteria to Establish an Employment Relationship is Revisited
04.05.18Judge's Credibility Decisions Will Not be Reversed on Appeal Absent of Use of Discretion But Independent Fact Finding by the Judge is Not Appropriate
01.29.18Appellate Review Issues and Proof of Need for Psychiatric Treatment
01.10.18Pennsylvania and New Jersey Release 2018 Average Weekly Wage Rates
12.20.17There are Defenses to the Entitlement to Wage Loss Benefits, But You Must Know Your Facts
10.09.17The Effect of Dr. Gaffney's Guilty Plea
09.14.17E-Medical Provider Application - The Usual and Customary Dilemma
08.09.17Statute of Limitations - A Winning Defense Once Again
04.24.17Claim Dismissed During Physical Altercation: Employee not Engaged in the Direct Performance of Assigned Duties
01.16.17Medical Providers Should be Required to Follow Fee Agreements in Workers' Compensation Matters
01.09.17Schedule of Disabilities and Maximum Benefits Exclusive of Amputation Enucleation
11.30.16The Concept of the Independent Contractor Revisited
06.07.16A Judge May Accept or Reject Portions of Testimony Without Disregarding it All: Phelps & Cooper Hospital, v. Jerry Byrd Construction
03.11.16Section 40: A Way to Prevent Double Dipping
02.03.16Compensability of an Assault on the Employer's Premises
01.07.16Schedule of Disabilities and Maximum Benefits Exclusive of Amputation Enucleation
10.21.15Calculate Workers' Compensation Awards Using OSCAR
09.30.15Recent Appellate Division Decision Could Affect Uber Drivers Ability to File Workers' Compensation Claims
09.08.15Appellate Division Gives Some Leeway in Interpreting Statute of Limitations
04.06.15Secondhand Cigarette Smoke as a Compensable Occupational Exposure if Claim Filed in a Timely Manner
03.25.15The Supreme Court's Decision in Hersh is having a Ripple Effect on Course & Scope of Employment Litigation
02.11.15The Low Burden of Proof in Order to Restore a Dismissed Case
08.27.14Supreme Court of NJ Issues Significant Denial of Cardiovascular Claim
05.16.14New Jersey Workers' Compensation Case Alert
04.07.14New Jersey Supreme Court Decision
01.02.14New Jersey Legislation Update
11.04.13 New Jersey Weekly Case Law Update