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Workers’ Compensation

RINGING EARS AS A RESULT OF WORKPLACE EXPOSURE IS COMPENSABLE

If you have been injured in a work-related accident, you are entitled to receive compensation for your injury. A lawyer can get you the medical care and funds you deserve.

On-the-job Injury

The government has established a system for the following:

  • Free medical care;
  • Wage replacement; and
  • An award for permanent disability resulting from an on-the-job injury

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Our attorneys have helped thousands of people get workers' compensation benefits. We have the tools and the resources to get you the benefits you deserve when you need them. Come in and meet with our attorneys to discuss your claim, free of charge.

Recent Cases

The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey, in Schorpp-Replogle v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co., recently affirmed the decision of a workers' compensation court. It held that tinnitus (ringing in the ears) qualifies as a compensable disability under the New Jersey Workers' Compensation Statute where the condition: (1) is due in a material degree to exposure to harmful noise at the workplace; (2) materially impairs the employee’s working ability or is otherwise serious in extent; and (3) is corroborated by objective medical testing despite the mainly subjective nature of the affliction.

The Appellate Court held that tinnitus can be a separate and distinct injury -- even in the absence of an accompanying compensable hearing loss -- if the tinnitus affects to a material degree a person’s working ability and their ordinary pursuits of life. Again, in order for tinnitus to be compensable, a person’s complaints must be corroborated by objective medical evidence.


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