New Jersey § 34:15-34
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 34:15-34, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34:15-34.
Notwithstanding the time limitation for the filing of claims for compensation as set
forth in sections 34:15-41 and 34:15-51 , or as set forth in any other section of this Title, there shall be no time limitation
upon the filing of claims for compensation for compensable occupational disease, as
hereinabove defined; provided, however, that where a claimant knew the nature of
the disability and its relation to the employment, all claims for compensation for
compensable occupational disease except as herein provided shall be barred unless
a petition is filed in duplicate with the secretary of the division in Trenton within
2 years after the date on which the claimant first knew the nature of the disability
and its relation to the employment; provided further, that in case an agreement of
compensation for compensable occupational disease has been made between such employer
and such claimant, then an employee's claim for compensation shall be barred unless
a petition for compensation is duly filed with such secretary within 2 years after
the failure of the employer to make payment pursuant to the terms of such agreement;
or in case a part of the compensation has been paid by such employer, then within
2 years after the last payment of compensation. It is the express intention of the Legislature that, except in any case where claim
is made for asbestosis, radiation poisoning, siderosis, anthracosis, silicosis, mercury
poisoning, beryllium poisoning, chrome poisoning, lead poisoning or any occupational
disease having the same characteristics of the above enumerated diseases as subsequently
determined by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the provisions
of this section shall not be applied retroactively but shall be applied only to those
employees who shall cease to have been exposed in the course of employment to causes
of compensable occupational diseases as defined in 34:15-31(a) subsequent to January
1, 1980. A payment or agreement to pay by the insurance carrier shall, for the purpose of this
section, be deemed a payment or agreement by the employer.
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