Petrillo & Goldberg Law
New Jersey workers’ compensation law typically bars employees and their families from suing an employer in civil court after a workplace injury or death. However, a January 2025 appellate court decision shows there are exceptions. If an employer allows a dangerous condition to continue and someone is seriously harmed as a result, the door may…
On July 3, 2021, a tree fell on a delivery truck in New Jersey. The tree uprooted, fell on the road and struck the vehicle as the truck passed by. Dispatchers sent the police, fire department and emergency workers to the accident. The fallen tree trapped the 49-year-old woman in her driver compartment. When the…
It was late in the day on July 26, 2018, when three workers were cutting an uprooted tree trunk laying across the Saddle River and up the bank. The goal was to cut the tree up into sections to remove it. Two of the workers were waiting for the third one to finish his section,…