An Employer’s Workers Compensation Insurance Carrier can make what is referred to as a “Voluntary Tender”. A Voluntary Tender provides an injured Worker with permanent disability benefits prior to a formal award or settlement in a Workers Compensation case.
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In 1996, Honorable Sylvia B. Pressler, Presiding Judge of the New Jersey Appellate Division wrote an opinion in the matter of Mendonza v. Monmouth Recycling, holding that an injured worker was not barred from receiving New Jersey Workers Compensation Benefits by the mere fact that he was out of status or as commonly referred to as “illegal”.
Many individuals have been lead to believe that it is easy to bring a lawsuit against a doctor for malpractice. This notion is mistaken. New Jersey has one of the toughest laws protecting doctors from frivolous lawsuits.