Judge Appointed to Hear Second-Injury Fund Cases

New Jersey has appointed a new judge to hear Second Injury Fund cases. The state's chief judge of compensation, Russell Wojtenko, sent a memo this week announcing that Administrative Supervisory Judge Ashley Hutchinson will be the new Second Injury Fund judicial coordinator.  The last person to officially hold the position was Virginia Dietrich, a longtime workers' compensation judge who died in 2014 at the age of 62. Hutchinson was promoted to administrative supervisory judge earlier this year. She supervises the New Brunswick, Elizabeth and Jersey City areas. A former workers...