When Does an Injury at Work Actually Arise Out of Employment in New Jersey?

For a work-related injury to arise out of employment, there must be a causal relationship between the employee’s injury and their employment. Simple concept, right? Well, maybe not. Consider the following hypothetical scenarios:

  • A worker faints while sitting at their desk
  • A worker is walking and, for no explicit reason, their lower back locks
  • A worker suffers a stroke while making coffee in the office kitchen

The above scenarios are all unlikely to have risen out of employment within purview of the court. Why? It …

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Idiopathic Injuries: Dealing with Injuries that Occur at Work, But Are Not Work-Related in New Jersey

We have all come across the case where an employee is injured at work, but the injury doesn’t seem to arise from something we would consider work-related. The injury could have just as easily happened at some time or place other than while the employee was at work. For example, the worker is walking down an aisle toward his workstation, his ankle gives out, and he falls. He didn’t trip. He didn’t slip. There was nothing wrong with the condition of the floor. His ankle …

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