Injury Threshold
Category:
Recovery of Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Terms:
Subrogation Claims; Verbal Threshold
Summary:
An Appellate Division Decision regarding whether the NJIIF would be able to recover the Workers’ Compensation benefits paid to the Plaintiff, who was bitten by the Defendant’s dog during a traffic stop, from the Defendant’s car insurance carrier. The trial court’s decision was affirmed, which held that the Plaintiff did not have a cognizable claim.
Lewis v. City of Wildwood (Opinion)
Category: Injury Threshold
Terms: Scarring; Medical Treatment Expenses
Summary: Appellate Division decision regarding disfigurement from a facial scar and determining medical treatment expenses.
Marroquin v. Richmond (Decision)
Category: Injury Threshold; Net Opinion of Expert
Terms: Negligence; Net Opinion
Summary: Judge James Isman’s Decision on a Summary Judgment Motion regarding whether a crossing guard for the City of Northfield was negligent when adults were stuck by a car in an intersection. Plaintiff’s Expert Report was determined to be a net opinion and the Plaintiff’s injuries were determined to be insufficient to satisfy the permanent injury requirement. The Summary Judgment Motion was granted.