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1 Kim Goulding v. NJ Friendship House, Inc. -- rank: 1000

... those injuries unless a two-part exception is met. See N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. In this case, the Court considers whether the injuries sustained ... or recreational event and that the two-part test of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 was not satisfied. The Appellate Division affirmed. The Court granted ... event was not a social or recreational activity. Even if N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 was applicable here, Goulding would still have satisfied the two ... Conford, J.A.D., dissenting)). (pp. 11-15) 2. Under N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, added to the Act in 1979, an injury “arising ... deemed a social or recreational activity as to that employee. N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 applies to “recreational or social activities” -- not “recreational ... recreational activity generally cannot receive compensation for those injuries. See N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. However, the Act provides an 1 exception to that ...

docket:	a-48-19
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2021-02-08
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2 FIORE V. CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS -- rank: 965

... of partial-total permanent disability. Pursuant to the requirements of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2 (subsequently described as "section 7.2" or the "heart ...

docket:	a-46-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-06-01
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citation:	140 N.J. 452
Document Size:	67579

3 Porfirio A. Lozano v. Frank DeLuca Construction -- rank: 882

... phrase requires inquiry to extend beyond the plain language of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. (pp. 7-9) 3. Prior to the 1979 amendments to ... the phrase �recreational or social activities� as it appears in N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, encompasses only those activities in which participation is not compulsory ... does not implicate the two-prong test set forth in N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. (pp. 22-23) 6. When viewed in light of the ... for employer-sponsored activities, the omission of any reference in N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 to employer-compelled activities suggests that the Legislature did not ... the record in light of the Court�s interpretation of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. ����Judgment of the Appellate Division is REVERSED and the matter ... did not satisfy the two-prong test set forth in N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division affirmed the ...

docket:	a-104-02
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2004-03-10
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citation:	178 N.J. 513
Document Size:	67380

4 PAULINE FELTMAN v. TRANSISTOR DEVICES, INC. -- rank: 876

... death. Specifically, he found that petitioner had to satisfy both N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2, relating to deaths resulting from cardiovascular causes, and N ... A. 34:15-31 and the Act's 1979 amendment, N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2, as these developments are summarized by the Court in ... 452 (1995). ����In Hellwig , Justice Stein described the background behind N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2. He noted that section 7.2 was enacted against ... Assembly Committee Substitute Bills that resulted in the enactment of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2." Hellwig , supra , 110 N.J. at 44. Thus, Hellwig ... appreciable degree or a degree substantially greater than de minimis." N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2. Hellwig , supra , 110 N.J. at 49. ����Lastly, Hellwig ... she seeks compensation for Feltman's "death from cardiovascular .�.�. cause[]. .�." N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2. ����Section 31 thus bears little relevance here because, ...

docket:	a5395-00
court:	njappellate
decided:	2002-11-12
status:	published
citation:	355 N.J. Super. 36
Document Size:	43838

5 New Jersey Transit Corporation v. Sandra Sanchez -- rank: 865

... medical expenses and lost wages for work-related accidents. See N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, -12, -15; L. 1911, c. 95. The Workers’ Compensation Act ...

docket:	a-68-18
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2020-05-12
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Document Size:	108237

6 FREDERIC J. SA v. DIRECTOR -- rank: 820

... as it does in the context of the” WC Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-7,�thus, “a compensable accident in the workers’ compensation sense ... are pursuant to the WC Act, policy and scheme. See N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 (if an agreement between an employer and employee “accept ...

docket:	00047-11
court:	NJ Tax Court
decided:	2012-06-29
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	73130

7 Estate of Myroslava Kotsovska v. Saul Liebman -- rank: 817

... of employment without regard to the negligence of the employer. N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. This provision is intended to ensure that workers’ compensation provides ... s provisions by entering into an employee-employer relationship. See N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, -8. Thus, petitioner asserts, the appellate panel’s decision improperly ... “without regard to the negligence of the employer.” N.J.S.A. 34:15-7; see also Stancil v. Ace USA , 211 N.J. 276 ... employment . . . without regard to the negligence of the employer[.]” N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 (emphasis added). Absent an express disclaimer to the contrary, all ...

docket:	A-89-13
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-06-11
status:
citation:	221 N.J. 568 116 A.3d 1
Document Size:	108692

8 Diana G. Brunell v. Wildwood Crest Police Department -- rank: 812

... of and in the course of employment� either by accident, N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, or by contracting a compensable occupational disease, N.J.S ... mishap in combination with the statutory requirement of �personal injuries.� N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. To be an accident, what must be present is an ... disease definition, as claim did not meet traumatic requirement under N.J.S.A. � 34:15-7.2); Mitchell v. Mucon Corp. , 51 N.J. Super. 208 ... of� and �in the course of� standards in the statutes. N.J.S.A. 34:15-7; N.J.S.A. 34:15-31. They only contest ...

docket:	a-126-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2003-05-21
status:
citation:	176 N.J. 225
Document Size:	113411

9 Barbara Basil, etc. v. Frank A. Wolf, et al. -- rank: 777

... remedy is, in essence, an agreement between employer and employee, N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, which renders the workers compensation remedy an exclusive one. As ...

docket:	a-110-06
court:
decided:	2007-12-11
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citation:	193 N.J. 38
Document Size:	172332

10 OLVIN LEONEL RODRIGUEZ ORTIZ v. INTERSTATE RACKING SHELVING, II, INC. -- rank: 769

... workplace injury 'without regard to the negligence of the employer,' N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, the Act provides that an injured employee may not sue ...

docket:	a1614-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-09-03
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	49709

11 Wade Stancil v. ACE USA -- rank: 769

... “without regard to the negligence of the employer.” N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. In return for those benefits, the employee’s right of ... out of or in the course of employment.”); cf. N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 (providing workers’ compensation benefits to employees only for injuries � ...

docket:	A-112-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-08-01
status:
citation:	211 N.J. 276 48 A.3d 991
Document Size:	95466

12 MEGHAN RYAN-WIRTH v. HOBOKEN BOARD OF EDUCATION - -- rank: 769

... 2003). Except for a few clearly delineated exclusions stated in N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, 'the injured employee is entitled to recover workers' compensation benefits ... Casino, 319 N.J. Super. 342, 350 (App. Div. 1999)). N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 further provides that when 'recreational or social activities' 'are the ... to the employer beyond improvement in employee health and morale . . . .' N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. He found the Cardio Club was started 'to engage the ... at 174. The Court explained: Under the plain language of [N.J.S.A. 34:15-7], an injury 'arising out of and in the course of ... compensable if it is sustained during 'recreational or social activities.' N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. Accordingly, when a claim is pressed and an employer defends ... the injury is sustained was recreational or social in nature, N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 provides that the injury will only be covered if ' ...

docket:	a0656-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-08
status:	Unpublished
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13 Richard Lindquist v. City of Jersey City Fire Department -- rank: 764

... Co. , 36 N.J. 487 , 493-94 (1962); see also N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2 (defining material degree as �an appreciable degree or a ... progression of cardiac law that led to the enactment of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2 in 1979 and also stating that �the Legislature plainly ... A higher standard was adopted for occupational heart cases because N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2 was enacted to increase a petitioner�s burden beyond ... 94. To make certain that the higher standard required by N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2 was limited to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular cases, we stated ... emergency functions are compensable. L. 1987, c. 382, codified as N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.3. As will be shown later, at least thirty states ...

docket:	a-84-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2003-02-11
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citation:	175 N.J. 244
Document Size:	113646

14 Hawksby v. DePietro -- rank: 758

... and in the course of employment within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, which does not require proof of negligence. However, to establish ... Court concludes that the alleged malpractice constitutes an accident under N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, that portion of the order approving settlement of plaintiff's ... failure to diagnose was an 'accident' within the intendment of [ N.J.S.A. 34:15-7].� In response to that request, counsel for The Times conceded ... and in the course of employment within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, without the necessity of proving negligence. ����Those concessions would be ... our conclusion that the alleged malpractice constitutes an accident under N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. The issue of medical malpractice has yet to be litigated ...

docket:	a-104-98
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2000-07-25
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citation:	165 N.J. 58
Document Size:	59101

15 Sager v. O.A. Peterson Construction, Co. -- rank: 737

... to the schedule contained in [the] sections . . . of this Title . . . . [ N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 (emphasis added).] The Legislature amended the Act in 1979 to ... satisfy the statutory test applicable to recreational and social activities, N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. Id. at 520. We reversed, reasoning as follows: Our reading ... work within the scope of employment . . . . . . . . A contrary reading of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7 would impose on employees a classic Hobson's choice: obey ... of employment." L. 1911, c. 95 � 7, now codified at N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. The Act did not contain a definition of employment. As ... be in the course of employment for the purposes of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7. Livingstone v. Abraham & Straus, Inc. , 111 N.J. 89 , 96 ...

docket:	a-65-03
court:
decided:	2004-12-21
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citation:	182 N.J. 156 862 A.2d 111
Document Size:	127477