N.J. Appellate Court Holds Exclusive Remedy Bars Negligence Suit

A New Jersey appellate court held that the exclusive remedy provision of the state Workers’ Compensation Act bars a truck driver from bringing a negligence claim against his employers.Claimant Joseph Dadura attempted to claim his employer, McLane Foodservice, a subsidiary of Walmart, failed to provide him with an appropriate and safe place to make a delivery, failed to provide him with appropriate warning devices and other safety equipment to alert on-coming drivers to his presence as he made his delivery, and were otherwise negligent and careless.In Joseph Dadura, Jr. et al. v. Yum! Bra...