Last-Minute Petition Withdrawal Rejected

A New Jersey claimant who said she injured her back doing heavy lifting at work -- but whose co-workers said she had come to work complaining she had hurt herself by sleeping on the floor -- cannot withdraw her petition and try another tack when it appears her case is going badly, an appellate court decided.The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court affirmed a Division of Workers' Compensation Commission to dismiss a claim filed by Barbara Sanko in Sanko v. Wawa,, A-1990-06T1, 1/10/2008.Sanko appealed after the division rejected her petition for benefits for a back injury and ...