New Jersey Statutes 34:15-57. Summary hearing; power to modify and commute award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 34:15-57
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
The commissioner, the director, and each deputy director, is hereby authorized to hear and determine the matters in dispute in a summary manner, and each shall have power to modify any award of compensation, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement and to provide for the commutation of any such award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement.
Amended by L.1952, c. 269, p. 919, s. 3.