Unemployed Health Care Worker Get Benefits for Worsening Condition

The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld an award of benefits to an unemployed health care worker for the worsening of her compensable condition. Case: Soto v. Hoosier Care Inc., No. A-0507-22, 12/11/2023, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Anna Marie Soto worked as a certified nursing assistant for Hoosier Care Inc. She suffered injuries when a picture frame fell from a wall and landed on her. Soto filed a workers’ compensation claim alleging she suffered injuries to her neck, head, back and shoulder. Hoosier settled the claim, agreeing that Soto ...