PETITION TO STOP THE CLOSURE OF THE LEBANON WORKER'S COMPENSATION COURT
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Peter Guzzo
11 years ago
Support
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Alan Harwick
11 years ago
This court must remain open. This location was already a compromise to having a WC court in each county. At the same time this would be the opportunity to examine how the SIF is used by the governor to blance his annual budget. The SIF is not a cash cow that can be used by the governor to fund other budget items. The SIF must be isolated from the governor's office and used only for the funding and operation of the entire WC court system in the state.
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Ernest Oppenheimer
11 years ago
By our signature, we demand that the Lebanon Worker’s Compensation Court remain open for the benefit of the injured workers residing in Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren Counties.
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Dina Confalone
11 years ago
It is absurd to make injured workers travel so far to enforce their statutory rights. Lebanon must remain open to avoid additional trauma to claimants who have suffered enough.
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Nick
11 years ago
do not close
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Sarah Berger
11 years ago
please don't go farther away
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Susan Daniele
11 years ago
This isn't just a regular court, this is a court that injured workers need to go to & in a lot of cases can not physically handle having to drive 45 mins to an hr or long to another location let alone have to deal with the ridiculous parking parking in New Brunswick. For once stop thinking about your pockets & think about the people your effecting
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Jeff Marshall
11 years ago
The workers’ compensation statute is predicated on a 104-year old social compact that, in part promised injured employees a speedy resolution of their injuries. The price paid for this right was workers giving up other rights. Over the last 15 to 20 years the Division has worked to try to ensure that this compact has been respected. This proposed change will foreseeably create greater delays for petitioners as well as crippling inconveniences for injured workers who do not have the same mobility as those involved in the decision to close the vicinage. The cost of the Lebanon hearing office is approximately $166,000 / annum. That is less than the annual salary of many state workers. Do not get me wrong, the state workers work as hard as their counterparts in the private sector and earn their pay. The point is that the Lebanon vicinage provides a convenient location for thousands of injured workers with less impact to the state budget than the price of just one of our highest paid state workers.
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Alexandra
11 years ago
We need this court as an available resource to our practice.
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Gordon Hecht
11 years ago
Closing this office would be a mistake.
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Patrick Baldoni
11 years ago
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Hunterdon Hills Plaza, the Lebanon Court's current location, has offered and will continue to offer to renegotiate the State's lease to come up with savings while keeping the Court in its current location.
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Marissa Kwiatkowski
11 years ago
It is extremely unfortunate that the injured & disabled individuals whom are utilizing the Lebanon Workers' Compensation Court, have to contend with yet another issue that hinders their life. I hope this gets resolved with their health and well being in mind.
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Michael I. Deutsch
11 years ago
Critical to retain the viability of Lebanon Workers Compensation Court for the orderly operation of the entire area's system.
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Robert A Greenberg Esq
11 years ago
It is just wrong and unfair to deprive injured workers their most convenient and local court access; please recondiser this decision, it's just not fair. These folks are already in many cases out of work, with diminished income and greater family responsibilities. Make it easier for them, not more difficult. Thank you.
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a prokofiew
11 years ago
It is wrong to close the Lebanon Court. It violates the statutory law, which allows cases to be heard either in the county in which the injury occurred, or in which the petitioner or respondent resides, or in which the respondent’s place of business is located.
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Patti Rozycki
11 years ago
Do not close
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Michael Fusco
11 years ago
This would seriously harm my clients-- something the state should not even consider.
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Stephen W. Barry
11 years ago
The Workers Compensation is already difficult enough for petitioners with delays and the allowance of nonpayment be respondents. Adding this kind of travel time and inconvenience is cruel.
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Lynne P. Kramer, Esq.
11 years ago
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The lack of concern of this Administration with New Jersey's workers is evidenced by the closing of the Lebanon Court, causing injured workers to drive over an hour just to get to a Workers' Compenstion Curt.
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Evan J Lide
11 years ago
As a resident of Hunterdon County, I am very disturbed that our residents will not have access to a Workers Compensation Court in our county/vicinage.
Support
This court must remain open. This location was already a compromise to having a WC court in each county. At the same time this would be the opportunity to examine how the SIF is used by the governor to blance his annual budget. The SIF is not a cash cow that can be used by the governor to fund other budget items. The SIF must be isolated from the governor's office and used only for the funding and operation of the entire WC court system in the state.
By our signature, we demand that the Lebanon Worker’s Compensation Court remain open for the benefit of the injured workers residing in Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren Counties.
It is absurd to make injured workers travel so far to enforce their statutory rights. Lebanon must remain open to avoid additional trauma to claimants who have suffered enough.
do not close
please don't go farther away
This isn't just a regular court, this is a court that injured workers need to go to & in a lot of cases can not physically handle having to drive 45 mins to an hr or long to another location let alone have to deal with the ridiculous parking parking in New Brunswick. For once stop thinking about your pockets & think about the people your effecting
The workers’ compensation statute is predicated on a 104-year old social compact that, in part promised injured employees a speedy resolution of their injuries. The price paid for this right was workers giving up other rights. Over the last 15 to 20 years the Division has worked to try to ensure that this compact has been respected. This proposed change will foreseeably create greater delays for petitioners as well as crippling inconveniences for injured workers who do not have the same mobility as those involved in the decision to close the vicinage. The cost of the Lebanon hearing office is approximately $166,000 / annum. That is less than the annual salary of many state workers. Do not get me wrong, the state workers work as hard as their counterparts in the private sector and earn their pay. The point is that the Lebanon vicinage provides a convenient location for thousands of injured workers with less impact to the state budget than the price of just one of our highest paid state workers.
We need this court as an available resource to our practice.
Closing this office would be a mistake.
Hunterdon Hills Plaza, the Lebanon Court's current location, has offered and will continue to offer to renegotiate the State's lease to come up with savings while keeping the Court in its current location.
It is extremely unfortunate that the injured & disabled individuals whom are utilizing the Lebanon Workers' Compensation Court, have to contend with yet another issue that hinders their life. I hope this gets resolved with their health and well being in mind.
Critical to retain the viability of Lebanon Workers Compensation Court for the orderly operation of the entire area's system.
It is just wrong and unfair to deprive injured workers their most convenient and local court access; please recondiser this decision, it's just not fair. These folks are already in many cases out of work, with diminished income and greater family responsibilities. Make it easier for them, not more difficult. Thank you.
It is wrong to close the Lebanon Court. It violates the statutory law, which allows cases to be heard either in the county in which the injury occurred, or in which the petitioner or respondent resides, or in which the respondent’s place of business is located.
Do not close
This would seriously harm my clients-- something the state should not even consider.
The Workers Compensation is already difficult enough for petitioners with delays and the allowance of nonpayment be respondents. Adding this kind of travel time and inconvenience is cruel.
The lack of concern of this Administration with New Jersey's workers is evidenced by the closing of the Lebanon Court, causing injured workers to drive over an hour just to get to a Workers' Compenstion Curt.
As a resident of Hunterdon County, I am very disturbed that our residents will not have access to a Workers Compensation Court in our county/vicinage.