Bunk v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

. The opinion of the court was delivered by

O’HERN, J.

The question in this appeal is whether a worker entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits as an employee of one of the State’s bi-state agencies receives those benefits on the same terms and under the same limitations as would other public employees in the State. We hold applicable to an employee of the bi-state agency the provisions of N.J.S.A 34:15-43 (Section 43) that limit workers’ compensation benefits of public employees receiving a disability pension for the same injury.

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Plaintiff, John Bunk, is an employee of the Port…