New Jersey Statutes 38A:13-1.1. Claim for compensation
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 38A:13-1.1
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
In any claim for compensation for injury or death from cardiovascular or cerebrovascular causes, the claimant shall prove by a preponderance of the credible evidence that the injury or death was produced by effort or strain related to the performance of duty involving a substantial condition, event or happening in excess of the wear and tear of the claimant’s daily living and in reasonable medical probability caused in a material degree the cardiovascular or cerebrovascular injury or death resulting therefrom.
Material degree means an appreciable degree or a degree substantially greater than de minimis.
L. 1987, c. 217, s. 2.