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In Kocanowski v. Township of Bridgewater, the New Jersey Supreme Court was asked to consider whether volunteer firefighters have to be employed in order to receive workers’ compensation temporary disability benefits.  The workers’ compensation judge and the Appellate Division both held that a volunteer firefighter was not entitled to temporary […]

On February 14, 2019, in the matter of Franzblau Dratch PC v. Brian Martin, A-3362-17T3, the Appellate Division reversed and remanded the trial court’s decision to enforce a settlement, finding that the trial judge had failed to explain his ruling, and finding that a factual dispute regarding whether the parties […]

On March 4, 2019, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its opinion in Alexandra Rodriguez v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. A-2/3-17 (079470) (2019), a negligence case that stemmed from an injury Ms. Rodriguez sustained from a “falling clothing display rack” at Walmart. In lay terms, “symptom magnification” and “malingering” are fancy, […]

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