The Relationship Between Workers’ Comp and Personal Injury

Category: On Demand

Member Price: $200

Non-Member Price: $250

Product Code: ON060024

Areas of Law: Workers' Compensation

CLE Credits
NJ CLE:NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3.3 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 3.3).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 3.0
PA CLE:PA Substantive Credit: 2.5
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.
Faculty

Keynote

Moderator

April M. Gilmore, Esq.
The Epstein Law Firm, Rochelle Park

Presenters

Robert P. Altemus, Esq.
Law Office of R. Altemus, LLC, Hackensack
Christopher T. DiGirolamo, Esq.
Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi, PC, Fort Lee
William T. Freeman, Esq.
Brown & Connery, LLP, Haddonfield

The interplay between the worlds of workers' compensation law and automobile insurance law is rife with twists, turns and pitfalls. Learn everything you need to know from a panel of top New Jersey experts, who will provide practical analysis and strategies for handling issues in that interplay. You’ll receive guidance you can apply in your practice, whether you represent an employee injured in an automobile accident, the employer, the tortfeasor, the auto insurance company or the workers' compensation insurance carrier. The panel will also share important and advanced issues that will help you with more complicated cases.

Topics include: 

  • PIP v. WC benefits
  • Workers' Compensation Subrogation
  • Permanent Injury under AICRA v. Permanency in WC
  • Dealing with Section 40 liens
  • How taking testimony can affect third-party cases
  • Medicare, Medicaid, and BRISA considerations
  • Handling pre-existing conditions
  • Total cases
  • And more!