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Light Duty Does Not Mean Part-Time Work For Less Pay
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Injured Workers Can Receive a Bona Fide Voluntary Tender Offer
On June 19th, 2014, I had the opportunity to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee and testify on behalf of Bill S347. S347 is a bill regarding [...]
Social Security Administration Emphasizes Benefits For Veterans and Family Members
With Memorial Day coming up, the Social Security Administration is again emphasizing a number of programs and benefits that help both veterans and families of fallen or [...]
New Jersey injured workers must pursue their claims for retaliatory firing directly and not under CEPA or LAD
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New Jersey Public Employees Injured on the Job May Be Missing Pension Contributions from their Employers
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Distribution of Faulty Gas Springs New Jersey AG Into Action
On December 4, 2012, Zephyr Oil--a Brooklyn-based gasoline distributor--purchased over 70,000 gallons of gas. Except, incredibly unusually, this was not ordinary gasoline. It was avgas, or a [...]
Injured Workers Seek Alternative Means To Pay Bills
Between 2003 and 2006, there were approximately 458 million hospital emergency room visits by U.S. patients. And a recent study by the Health Services Research Journal, in [...]
Disciplinary Matters May Impact the Pursuit of a Disability Pension
When an altercation or arrest leads to an injured police officer, there are often allegations against the police officer. These allegations are generally handled in the [...]
Gas Explosions Cause Damages Which Must Be Handled Immediately
An explosion yesterday in Ewing, NJ caused damage to at least 55 units on Scenic Drive. I could feel the blast from my office right across [...]
Denied Accidental Disability Pension Benefits…What’s Next?
Whether you are a member of PFRS, PERS or the TPAF, you are probably aware of what is happening. You have applied for your disability pension [...]
Understaffing Leads to Work Injuries in Medical Nursing Profession
Being a nurse is the type of job that requires a certain personality. It requires someone to be caring and have sense of wanting to help others [...]
OSHA Renews Focus on Temporary Worker Safety
To commemorate the annual ‘Workers’ Memorial Day,’ observed on April 28, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new initiative [...]
Firm News
Szaferman Spotlight: Meet Our Judges
Szaferman Lakind has a roster of talented attorneys but none with more knowledge and experience than our [...]
Szaferman Lakind Sponsors Ice Cream Send-Off For World Series Bound 9U Marlboro Mustangs
The Marlboro Mustangs 9U Team won the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament advancing them to the Cal Ripken [...]
2022 Best Lawyers® List Includes Five Szaferman Lakind Attorneys
Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader has five (5) attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America© [...]
Recent Verdicts & Settlements
Success Stories: Land Use
Eagle Group of Princeton v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of Arnold Lakind representing Eagle Group of Princeton [...]
Success Stories: Employment
Matter of Critchlow, 201 N.J. Super. 371 (App. Div. 1985) Arnold Lakind representing Francis Critchlow The applicant, [...]
Arnold Lakind Argues Reversal of Criminal Charges
State v. Stasio, 78 N.J. 467 (1979) Arnold Lakind representing Thomas Stasio Defendant, Thomas Stasio, was found [...]