34:15-120.9. Action against employer
If an employer fails to provide compensation to an employee or his beneficiaries as required by chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, the employee, who has sustained a compensable injury or died as a result of his employment, or his beneficiaries may bring an action against the employer to recover all or part of any damages and costs sustained by the employee for any injury or death which has been deemed compensable under the workers' compensation law, R.S. 34:15-1 et seq., and for which the employee or his estate has not received compensation from the "uninsured employer's fund."
P.L. 1988, c. 25, s. 7.