New Jersey Police Officers And Public Safety Personnel Lawyer

Workers’ Comp Death Benefit Attorneys

Of all the state and municipal employees, New Jersey’s police officers and public safety personnel represent one of the most at-risk groups of public workers when it comes to fatal on-the-job injuries. In fact, there are few, if any, Garden State employees who face potentially life-threatening circumstances on an almost daily basis.

But despite the accepted risks of their chosen profession, law enforcement personnel and their families still deserve the peace of mind that New Jersey’s workers’ compensation law was meant to provide. Whether a patrolman or motorcycle cop works for a large or small city, rural township, or county government, the risks faced by these public servants are very real and always present.

Many first responders, such as highway patrolmen, state troopers, municipal police officers and public safety personnel, have been seriously hurt or killed as a consequence of their daily job activities. While the ever-present risks of injury or death are known to individuals in the law enforcement community, the consequences are rarely fully considered until the day when an officer dies in the line of duty, leaving his or her family to continue on without them.

Full-time and auxiliary police personnel are regularly exposed to significant dangers while working to ensure public safety. Placing themselves at risk is part of their job description and, therefore, the State of New Jersey recognizes the service provided by our uniformed police officers and has provided for ongoing payments of workers’ compensation to the widowed spouses of state troopers, police officers and patrolmen who are killed while on duty.

Fatal on-the-job accidents can take the lives of any public employee, but those in the field of law enforcement are particularly vulnerable. The workers’ comp death claim experts at New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer of JFM Law are ready and able to assist the families of officers who have died while on the job.

Regardless of whether the victim of a fatal job-related injury is a public or private employee, our law firm is dedicated to assisting families to receive the death benefit compensation to which they are entitled. Our resident expert in New Jersey workers’ comp death claims, Daniel Santarsiero, Esq., has years of experience in helping families receive the death benefit compensation they deserve under the laws of this state.

We understand the importance of the jobs that police and public safety officers perform every day. Giving one’s life in service to the local community is a noble act, but that sacrifice should not lead to detrimental effects on the deceased officer’s dependent family members. Especially in cases where the officer was the primary breadwinner for his or her family, the loss of that individual’s income has the potential to turn a family’s finances upside-down.