No they do not. Because your car accident happened while you were making a delivery during your employment, workers’ compensation actually comes first before your car insurance. Therefore, workers’ compensation is going to be responsible for your medical expenses, and not the medical benefits under your car insurance. However, you must seek medical treatment from medical doctors approved by your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance company. Therefore, it is important to notify your employer immediately after the accident so you may seek treatment by an approved doctor.
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In addition to filing a workers’ compensation claim, which covers your medical expenses, you may also recover damages from the driver at fault.
If your NJ car insurance policy has “no limitation on lawsuit,” then you will be able to sue for economic and non-economic damages.
Economic damages may include:
- medical expenses, past and future;
- wage loss, past and future; or
- other out-of-pocket expenses.
Pain and suffering damages are considered non-economic damages.
On the other hand, if you have “limitation on lawsuit” or “verbal threshold” on your NJ car insurance policy, then you may only file a lawsuit against the at fault driver if your injuries fall within certain injury categories set forth by New Jersey Statutes Annotated Section 39:6A-8a. To learn more about exceptions to “verbal threshold,” click here to see New Jersey Car Accidents & Verbal Threshold – Can Injured Car Accident Victims Recover Damages? (Part 1).
Under the statute, if you have a displaced fracture, you may file a lawsuit against the negligent driver even if you have “verbal threshold.”
In order to ensure you receive the maximum recovery you are entitled to as a result of the car accident, it is important to talk to a qualified NJ car accident lawyer who knows all the intricacies of NJ car accident law.
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