According to a NJ appeals court, the compensation judge in Walden v. Excel Constr. & Design Co., et al. (#39-2-1837 App. Div.) properly granted petitioner medical and temporary benefits against the respondent-appellant Hall. The judge found that the work effort and injuries connected with the performance of petitioner's duties for Hall, the last of four employers, was sufficiently independent of, and different from, his work effort for the other employers to warrant Hall's being solely responsible for the award. - Full Story

An award granted by a worker's compensation judge in Simons v. Visiting Nurse Assn. (#39-2-1875 App. Div.) was upheld on appeal. The petitioner, a visiting nurse with respondent, was injured in an automobile accident that occurred as she was pulling into a client's driveway. After reviewing the trial testimony regarding her injuries and treatment, the appellate panel affirmed the compensation judge's award in all respects, with the limited exception that, on respondent's appeal, it reversed with respect to the award of psychiatric disability. - Full Story

In Cipolla v. HMS Host Corp. (U.S.D.C Case no. 25-7-1841, Hochberg, U.S.D.J.), the judge granted the defendant-employer's motion for summary judgment, dismissing plaintiff's complaint alleging that he was discriminated against in the workplace for filing bankruptcy in violation of the Bankruptcy Code and N.J. common law prohibiting termination of employment that is contrary to a clear mandate of public policy. - Full Story