{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-15-5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:15-5","heading":"Burden of proof","body":"In all actions at law brought pursuant to this article, the burden of proof  to establish willful negligence of the injured employee shall be upon the  defendant.","path":["TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"a8108f7008f05cd0aeed68dee248d956bd920e4e045ee8da8c637b894ea04cb0","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-15-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-15-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}