Initially, a workers' compensation judge sided with employer and dismissed the petition with prejudice, ruling that worker's injuries were not compensable under the workers' compensation act because "he was not acting within the course and scope of his employment at the time of the accident." Credit: aekachai/Stock.adobe.com Initially, a workers' compensation judge sided with employer and dismissed the petition with prejudice, ruling that worker's injuries were not compensable under the workers' compensation act because "he was not acting within the course and scope of his employment at the time of the accident." Credit: aekachai/Stock.adobe.com

The New Jersey Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in an appeal concerning whether an employee, injured while driving to his place of employment, should be compensated under the state's workers' compensation act (WCA).

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