Rodriguez v. Port Authority

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 25, 2008, which ruled that the self-insured employer is entitled to a credit against workers’ compensation benefits paid in New Jersey for the period of September 11, 2001 to June 1, 2007 and denied claimant’s claim for an award for that period.

Decedent, a police officer employed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Thereafter, Walter McNeil, Jr., who was the minor son of claimant and decedent, elected to receive workers’ compensation…