Geaney’s New Jersey Workers Compensation Manual (2025)
for Attorneys, Physicians, Adjusters, and Employers
Bound handbook
Price: $299
(No discounts apply)
Written by: John H. Geaney, Esq.
About the Treatise:
The 2025 Manual is a compilation of prior editions with particular emphasis on cases and new legislation passed from late 2022 to 2024 as well as 42 additional pages of text and three new chapters.
Some of the 2025 Edition highlights are as follows:
• New Chapter on Understanding the Four Statutory Rules Defining Commencement of Employment
• New Chapter on Distinguishing the Definitions of Impairment and Disability and the Proofs Needed for an Award of Partial Permanent Disability
• New Chapter Providing a Useful Checklist for Practitioners to Prepare Settlement Submissions and Affidavits In Support of Settlement
Some of the new cases and legislation which are analyzed in detail in the 2025 Manual include
• Keim v. Above All Termite & Pest Control (Supreme Court decision on the authorized vehicle exception to the premises rule in N.J.S.A. 34:15-36)
• Pozadas v. Capital Iron Associates, LLC (deviation can be repaired by returning to route)
• Smith v. H & H Transportation, Inc. (analysis of whether aggravation occurred involving injury in spine case)
• V.S. v. Spectrum360 (motion to replace breast implants due to new injury)
• Sykes v. George Harms Const. Co. (seizure at work and idiopathic injuries)
• Holm v. Purdy (non-waivable duty on brokers to provide notice of coverage for LLC members)
• Soto v. Hoosier Care, Inc. (taking classes does not disqualify employee from temp benefits)
• Avery v. Next Mile, LLC/DSP (victim of shooting not covered due to likely personal relationship with assailant)
• Hudson Regional Hospital v. New Hampshire Insurance Co. (medical providers cannot sue workers’ compensation carriers where connection to NJ is just location of treatment)
• Liberty Insurance v. Techdan, LLC (Insurance Fraud Protection Act)
• Van Sciver v. Jersey Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (injuries from explosion within vehicle found compensable)
• New Jersey Transit Corp. v. Joseph (delayed lien reimbursement permitted)
• Garzon v. Morris County Golf Club (guidance on calculation of counsel fees on orders for med and temp benefits)
• Legislative overhaul of N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.3 including EMTs and paramedics and changing the presumption to clear and convincing evidence
• Summary of 2023 legislation providing for enhanced medical expert fees and enhanced counsel fees
Price: $299
(No discounts apply)