Claim for N.Y. Injury Not a Jurisdictional Problem

A New Jersey resident who accepted a job during a telephone call to his home may pursue his workers’ compensation claim in his home state even though he was injured while working in New York, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled. Case: Williams v. Raymours Furniture Co., A03450-15T4, 04/19/2017.  Keith Williams filed an online application for employment with Raymours Furniture Co. in Suffern, New York, about 20 miles away from his home in Paterson, New Jersey. He went to an interview, and Raymours called him at his home to offer him the job. He accepted.  In 2014, William...