Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a workers' compensation attorney, Angela focuses the entirety of her practice on New Jersey workers’ compensation, representing the interests of employers, carriers and self-insureds. Throughout her career, Angela has gained significant experience handling claims involving issues of employment, coverage, compensability, causation/liability and permanency. Her cases also include specific issues of total disability (SIF), lack of coverage (UEF) and subcontractor/general contractor issues (Section 79).
Notably, Angela has argued multiple cases before the Appellate Division. She has secured favorable decisions on issues of entitlement to temporary total disability benefits addressed under Section 38 (commonly referred to as the Cunningham issue). Her experience also extends to issues involving jurisdiction and liability against a subsequent carrier (most often referred to as a Peterson or Bond-type issue).
In addition to her legal speaking engagements, Angela is actively involved with youth activities in her community. She participates in career day programs at the elementary and high school levels and devotes time to youth mentoring and motivation.
Prior to her career in law, Angela worked as a probation officer and as an advocate for victims of domestic violence.
Honors & awards
Top Women in Law, The New Jersey Law Journal
2016
New Jersey Super Lawyer Rising Star
2010, 2012-2013
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Year joined
2006
Certifications
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Workers' Compensation Law Attorney, 2017
Results
Medical provider claim petition dismissed, with prejudice.
Workers' Compensation
November 10, 2022
The parties were litigating a motion for medical treatment in which a physician was recommending an additional spinal surgery. The physician moved forward without authorization and performed spinal surgery on the petitioner. In order to complete the surgery, the physician brought in several ancillary services, including a vendor to perform diagnostic monitoring during the surgery. Following the surgery, the medical provider submitted its bills to the carrier, which were rejected based upon the lack of authorization.
Workers’ comp claim dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and coverage for an occupational accident policy carrier.
Workers' Compensation
November 1, 2022
The petitioner filed a claim petition within the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation seeking benefits and alleging employment with a trucking company. However, the petitioner had previously obtained an occupational accident policy in the role of an independent contractor. When filing the workers’ compensation petition, counsel for the petitioner erroneously named the occupational accident policy carrier as carrier for the trucking company.
Claim dismissed over alleged COVID-19 permanent disability.
Workers' Compensation
December 2, 2021
Our attorneys were successful in obtaining an order for dismissal in the Mount Holly, New Jersey Workers’ Compensation court. In his claim petition, the petitioner alleged permanent disability as a result of contracting COVID-19 while working for the insured. He alleged that while working as an auto hauler he was exposed to COVID-19, which resulted in a permanent pulmonary disability. The defense argued to the judge that the petitioner’s discovery failed to provide sufficient proof and evidence supporting that the petitioner had COVID-19 or that, if he did, it was “related to his job.”
Workers’ compensation defense verdict for a prominent health care system.
Workers' Compensation
May 18, 2020
The petitioner filed a motion for additional medical and temporary disability benefits, essentially alleging she was permanently and totally disabled from prior compensable shoulder and leg injuries. After a three-day trial and extensive briefing, the judge dismissed the motion. He determined that, despite the compensable injuries, the petitioner had plateaued medically and was not entitled to any further benefits.
Thought Leadership
Celebrating 30 Years of the Defense Digest: A Look at the Last 30 Years in New Jersey Workers’ Compensation
Mount Laurel
Workers' Compensation
December 1, 2024
Key Points: Defense Digest, Vol. 30, No.
The New Jersey Appellate Court affirms finding of compensability under Special Mission exception of Coming and Going Rule even though the petitioner sustained severe injuries as a result of his own actions in violation of company policy.
Mount Laurel
Workers' Compensation
March 1, 2023
The petitioner sustained severe injuries, including loss of the use of an eye, brain trauma and burns, as a result of a B-Tank/gas tank explosion. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 27, No.
TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW JERSEY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN 2022
Mount Laurel
Workers' Compensation
December 1, 2022
1. On January 10, 2022, Governor Phil Murphy signed S771, amending the Statute and expanding the reach of N.J.S.A. 34:15-36 and compensability in parking lot cases. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 26, No.
Special Workers' Compensation Alert - New Jersey
Mount Laurel
Workers' Compensation
January 30, 2020
On January 21, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed 152 bills and resolutions into law. What's Hot in Workers' Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of intere
Classes/Seminars Taught
Assessing the Injury and Case, NBI: New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Fundamentals: Attain the Best Possible Results for Your Clients, webinar, November 29, 2023
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & the Elimination of Bias in Workers’ Compensation - Why This Matters to You and Your Clients to Achieve the Best Possible Outcome, New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Bench Bar Conference, Edison, New Jersey, December 13, 2022
Practicing Workers’ Compensation Law Remotely and COVID-19 Type Cases, Camden County Bar Association CLE program, January 27, 2021
Are You Coming or Going - Do You Know Your Course and Scope?, Marshall Dennehey webinar, October 26, 2020
Workers' Compensation: Key Concepts and Issues, National Business Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, June 2019
Navigating Workers' Compensation Processes, Procedures and Forms, National Business Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, June 2019
Bad Eggs: Defending Injuries Stemming from Violence in the Workplace, Marshall Dennehey Workers' Compensation Seminar, October 19, 2017
Human Resource Law from A to Z, National Business Institute, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, September 20, 2016
Anatomy and Physiology 101 for Attorneys, National Business Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 28, 2015
Advanced Workers' Compensation - Selected Issues in Workers' Compensation Law, National Business Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 27, 2015
Career Day, Cramer College Preparatory Lab School, Camden, New Jersey, June 2014
Fourth Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar, New Jersey Department of Labor-Division of Workers' Compensation, May 2014
Your Top Workers' Compensation Questions - Answered, National Business Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, December 12, 2013
New Jersey Workers' Compensation Update, Insurance Society of Philadelphia, Affinity Insurance, Hatboro, Pennsylvania, April 13, 2012
Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation , Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 2010
New Jersey Workers' Compensation Update , Council on Education in Management, 2005
Introduction to New Jersey Workers' Compensation , Sheraton Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2005
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