Jenkins v. Johns-Manville Products Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BROCHIN, J.A.D.

By this opinion, we decide appeals from five decisions of a judge of compensation interpreting provisions of the Workers’ Compensation statutes. Although not consolidated, all five were argued before us on the same day. We have considered them together because they all involve questions about eligibility for “special adjustment benefit payment[s]” pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:15-95.4 and the correct procedure for the calculation of those benefits.1

*554Beyer v. Porter-Hayden, 104 N.J. 104, 515 A.2d 790 (1986), describes the purpose and operation…