JANUARY 2012 ChangeYourLifeNow.com @ Harrah’s ATLATLAANTICNTIC CCITYITY MEETSMEETS SOUTHSOUTH BEBEAACHCH PoolPool Party!Party! New Year’s Eve, 2012 at Harrah’s Images by Tom Briglia / PhotoGraphics Photography / PhotoGraphics Briglia by Tom Images Have a Happy and Healthy New Year! Atlantic City Boardwalk, 1964. Be Good to Your Business by Advertising With President / CEO Why settle for less, when we are offering more? Publisher / Editor-in-Chief n il capo di tutti capi The most respected monthly magazine in the market JAMES J. LEONARD JR., ESQ. EST. 2001 n Creative marketing strategies tailored to meet your needs Creative Director • Strategic print advertising Ginny Leith • Bi-weekly email blasts • Facebook / Twitter updates Copy Editor • Your ad online at boardwalkjournal.com Danielle Davies ALL FOR ONE LOW PRICE Contributors Before you spend $1 on advertising for 2012, Tom Briglia contact The Boardwalk Journal to see what we Ken Calemmo can do for you. Veronica Dudo Lloyd D. 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Shernita Demby Steve is best known for securing a not guilty verdict for Atlantic City Carlye Rott Councilman Marty $mall following a protracted trial where the State of New Jersey charged $mall with engaging in voter fraud during Atlantic For inquiries or comments, please City’s 2009 Mayoral election. email us at [email protected] www.boardwalkjournal.com Steve will be working out of and managing The Leonard Law Group’s Cape May office which will be opening in January 2012 and is located at facebook.com/boardwalkjournal 1109 Route 47 South in Rio Grande. BoardwlkJournal THE BOARDWALK JOURNAL® is published by A Full Service Litigation Firm Boardwalk Media Group, LLC, ©2011 1200 ATlaNTIC AVENUE R AtlAntic city, nJ 08401 • 609.345.0500 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (609) 345-5800 Now Available at all Atlantic County www.LeonardLawGroup.com contents january 2012 Play on a pristine, scenic 18-hole golf course POOL PARTY! Atlantic City meets South Beach at Harrah’s Pool and The Pool After Dark WelcomeLinwood is the premier location for your corporate or charity golf outing. Hold your upcoming outing 36 on our pristine private 18-hole golf course featuring spectacular views of the bay. Our professional by Veronica Dudo staff will assist you every step of the way. After golf, your guest can enjoy lunch or dinner in our elegant and spacious banquet facilities. We offer a wide variety of menu options to suit your every DEPARTMENTS need. There is limited availability for the 2012 season so now is the time to book. 48 SHORE MEDICAL CENTER 8 PUBLISHER’S LEttER Contact Elisha Carson at 609-927-6134 or [email protected] for more details. 11 THE RaW FEED New Surgical Pavilion uses Planetree’s Patient-Centric Model to enhance healing, health and well-being Juicy news from our undercover journalist 50 THE DINING GUIDE 12 PAPARaZZI Linwood Country Club Harry’s Oyster Bar and Seafood: Inside Atlantic City’s is available and the ideal Celebrity sightings from around the town are featured Hottest New Restaurant venue for a variety of 14 OUT & ABOUT 53 OUT TO LUNCH occasions including: Candid photographs from community events Anthony Previti: The Chooch gets his Cheech on at Cheech Brothers 20 THE INSIDER • Bar/Bat Mitzvahs A listing of the news and happenings around town 60 2012 LoCAL NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS BY: 26 WHO’S WHO AT THE JERSEY SHORE John Amodeo, Neil Borowski, • Corporate Parties Dave Coskey, Chris Ferry, Our new section profiles five movers and shakers • Family Parties each month at The Jersey Shore Mike Gill, Harry Hurley, 44 GIVING BACK: DAPHNE OZ Lisa Johnson, • Extravagant Ceremony Michelle Dawn Mooney has a healthy chat with one of the Phyllis Lacca and and Wedding Reception co-hosts of the new daytime TV show, The Chew Don Marrandino Facilities CURTAIN CALL iClub Memberships Available j Esteemed Atlantic City writer, David Spatz, has a chat with ‘Mr. Warmth’ himself – the legendary Don Rickles 6 | 62 The Boardwalk Journal | January 2012 500 Shore road, Linwood, nJ 08221-2512 • 609-927-6134 • www.LinwoodcountrycLub.com publisher’s letter A GUIDE TO WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN NEW JERSEY 2012 IS GOING TO BE A PIVOTAL year for our region and must be the year when Atlantic City stages its long overdue comeback. One can only hope that we will not be reading newspaper accounts of murder – Lawrence A. Mintz and mayhem with carjackings taking place in casino parking garages. One can only hope that we will not be reading newspaper accounts of our city’s Workers’ Compensation is a system created by the New Jersey In the case of an occupational illness, or “wear and tear” case, the casinos posting double-digit quarterly losses and that our neighbors in Pennsylvania Legislature that provides benefi ts to workers who are injured, or Claim Petition must be fi led within two (2) years from the date that are continuing to surpass us in monthly gaming revenue. who contract an occupational disease while working. The injury can the worker fi rst became aware of the condition and its relationship occur due to a specifi c accident, or due to the ongoing wear and to employment. Atlantic City needs a lot of things to make a viable comeback. tear caused by the regular duties of the job. The benefi ts include It needs effective, forward thinking leadership, individuals with a passion to see medical care, temporary disability payments, and permanent partial After the claim is reported, the employer or the employer’s things change and the vision to make things happen. or permanent total disability for a resulting permanent injury. In the insurance carrier will investigate the claim. If the claim is found Atlantic City needs its swagger back. Remember the days when flashy CEOs like event of the death of an injured worker, benefi ts are payable to compensable, they will pay for the necessary and reasonable Donald Trump and Steve Wynn brought national attention to Atlantic City? Their names the family of the worker. Benefi ts may be paid voluntarily, but in medical treatment, loss of wages during the period of rehabilitation, most cases it is necessary to have a lawyer apply to the Workers’ and when documented, benefi ts for permanent disability. and their faces were synonymous with not only their respective brands, but also with Compensation Courts in order to receive the maximum relief Atlantic City. available by law. Permanent disability is a payment to compensate the injured worker In today’s market, most of the employees who work at Trump or Borgata couldn’t even for whatever loss of physical function comes as a consequence of tell you who the CEO is. Virtually every worker who performs services for wages is covered the work related injury, illness, or disease. It is a payment of money by the law. If injured, the worker should notify the employer as after all of the medical treatment is over and in addition to the Atlantic City needs to stop finger-pointing. All of the infighting is redundant. Enough soon as possible, but not later than ninety (90) days from the payment for wages lost while the injured worker is re-cooperating already. We have the infrastructure, just make it happen. The casinos need to start spending date of the accident. The notice may be given to the Supervisor, from his injury. You need to use a lawyer to obtain the maximum money and bringing people back into the city. Point blank. Personnel offi ce, or anyone in authority at the employer’s place amount of these permanent disability benefi ts. We need more places like The Pool and The Quarter to truly make Atlantic City the of business. Notice need not be in writing. If the worker needs destination resort is strives to be. There needs to be more of a concentrated focus on the medical treatment a request should be made to the employer Workers’ Compensation benefi ts are paid no matter whose fault Steve Wynn as soon as possible. If an employer refuses to provide medical the accident is. The only thing that matters is whether the medical locals by engaging the people in our community. I’m pretty sure that fine dining, upscale services, and/or temporary disability for time lost from the job condition was caused or worsened by employment. If the incident retail and amenities like world-class spas appeal to people in Linwood and Margate, but due to the injury or condition, the injured worker should seek was the fault of someone other than a co-employee, the worker may how are they to know about Luke Palladino’s, Scarduzio’s or The Red Door Spa if there’s the services of an attorney who will fi le a formal claim petition, also have the right to fi le a lawsuit against the party responsible for little to no advertising aimed at the approximately 300,000 people who live in Atlantic and a Motion for medical and temporary benefi ts with Division the injury in addition to receiving workers’ compensation benefi ts. of Workers’ Compensation. Attorneys are prohibited by law from County, or for that matter the approximately 100,000 people in Cape May County, the charging a fee in advance for such services.