Geaney’s New Jersey Workers Compensation Manual (2027)
for Attorneys, Physicians, Adjusters, and Employers
Bound handbook
Price: $299
(No discounts apply)
Written by: John H. Geaney, Esq.
About the Treatise:
The 2027 Manual is a compilation of prior editions with particular emphasis on cases decided and legislation passed between late 2024-2026 as well as 50 additional pages of text and three new chapters.
Some of the 2027 Edition highlights are as follows:
• New Chapter on Unexplained Falls in New Jersey Workers’ Compensation
• New Chapter on Complex Issues Concerning Section 20 Settlements
• New Chapter on Forms of Workers’ Compensation Insurance in New Jersey authoredby Melissa Smith, Esq. and Julie Tillotson, CIC, CRM of Conner Strong & Buckelew
• Summary of 2025 New Jersey Critical Incident Law protecting mental health for first responders
• Summary of 2026 New Jersey First Responders Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Protection Act (prohibiting job termination for PTSD)
• Medicare update on set asides in comp
Some of the new cases and legislation which are analyzed in detail in the 2027 Manual include
• Amato v. Township of Ocean School District (COVID presumption for school teachers)
• Tomaselli v. Petco (waiver of lien letters in workers’ compensation)
• Barrett v. Hackensack Univ. Med. Ctr. (fall in hospital parking lot and Section 8 compbar)
• Garzon v. Morris County Golf Club (remand decision on counsel fees, Rendine lodestar inapplicability in workers’ comp, and review of history of counsel fees since 1911 Act)
• Latshaw v. Lakewood Twp. Police Dep’t (MVA in police vehicle returning from approved lunch)
• Dutcher v. Stathis (extra duty traffic control injury and special employment)
• Grasso v. Monmouth County Sheriff’s Dep’t. (whether increase on reopener is warranted where petitioner reasonably declines recommended surgery)
• Van Skiver v. Alessandra Miscellaneous Metal Works, Inc. (penalties for paying after 60-day window)
• Jameel v. Dember (potential liability for intentional harm claim denied against hospital)
• Rodriguez v. Shelbourne Spring, LLC (personal injury lawsuit barred against employer)
• Hughes v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J. (police officer’s reopener claim for total disability denied)
• Arboleda v. Paychex (disqualification of defense counsel in workers’ compensation)
• Vola v. City of Northfield (joint employment for extra-duty traffic assignment)
• Brief overview of 2026 amendments to New Jersey Family Leave Act (also affecting TDI benefits)
Price: $299
(No discounts apply)