A New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Webinar

Pleadings and Discovery

This video is from a live webinar that took place on: Monday, February 5, 2024 at 1:00 pm EST

Pleadings and discovery are the essential steps of any litigation process, and New Jersey workers’ compensation law is no exception. In this seminar, you will learn how to effectively and efficiently handle the various pleadings and discovery tools that are available in New Jersey workers’ compensation cases.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the best and enhance your career. Register now and join us for this informative and dynamic seminar!

Course Outline
Who Should Attend?

Here is what we cover:

Requests for discovery: How to request and obtain relevant information and documents from the opposing party, and how to respond to requests from the other side, including the scope, timing, and format of the discovery.
Request for production of medical records: How to request and obtain the medical records of the injured worker, and how to deal with issues such as privacy, consent, and authorization.
Answers to interrogatories: How to answer and pose written questions that seek information about the facts, opinions, and contentions of the parties, and how to avoid objections and sanctions for incomplete or evasive answers.
Subpoenas: How to use subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents or other evidence, and how to deal with issues such as service, compliance, and quashing.
Statement of pre-existing conditions: How to prepare and file a statement of pre-existing conditions that may affect the extent of the disability or the causal relationship of the injury, and how to challenge or verify the accuracy of such statements.
Deposition of infirm testificant: How to request and conduct a deposition of a witness who is unable to attend the trial due to physical or mental incapacity, and how to use the deposition testimony as evidence at the trial.
Additional discovery methods: How to use other discovery methods that may be appropriate or necessary in certain cases, such as physical or mental examinations, requests for admissions, and expert reports.
Answering statements: How to prepare and file an answering statement that responds to the allegations and claims of the petition, and how to amend or supplement the answering statement as the case progresses.

Greg Lois, Attorney at Lois Law Firm

Greg Lois, Esq.

Greg Lois is the Managing Partner of Lois Law Firm LLC. Greg is the co-author of the LexisNexis “Practice Guide to Workers’ Compensation in New Jersey” published by Matthew Bender (2017-2024, ISBN:9781663363053). In October 2019, Greg earned the designation “Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP)” at the Litigation Management Institute hosted at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Greg Lois represents employers, self-insured companies, third party administrators, and insurance carriers in workers’ compensation matters. Greg has served as lead attorney on more than 100 trials involving workplace discrimination, workers’ compensation, and civil claims.

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New York Workers’ Compensation Defense at Lois Law Firm

We represent insurance carriers, self-insured employers, third party claim administrators, and employers before the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. We handle cases from cradle-to-grave. We want to be by your side, moving cases aggressively to closure from the start of litigation all the way through to settlement.

We only assign one attorney and one paralegal to each case. This means that your team members always have one contact to go to for any questions. We do not have 'hearing attorney' or a 'negotiation attorney' or 'appeal department' or anything else! All of our attorneys handle all of those roles – meaning cases are not 'passed around' as they move through the litigation process. Your risk professional or adjuster always knows who is assigned – because the attorney does not change.