Posts tagged compensation

• Ocracoke Fireworks Explosion Victim Survived by Young Child

  Pierce Egerton | July 08, 2009 3:45 PM | 5 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  In an even more tragic turn to the Ocracoke fireworks explosion, that took the lives of four people last Saturday, it has been brought to my attention that the woman who died in the explosion was a...

• Electrocution at UNCG: More Information And More Questions

  Pierce Egerton | July 07, 2009 8:26 AM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  More information is now available about the electrocution of a construction worker yesterday at UNCG. The worker was an employee of Greensboro-based Powertec Electric. Powertec was doing electrical...

• Cobalt poisoning poses very real risk to DePuy hip implant patients

  Lawrence Egerton | February 13, 2011 8:37 PM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Along with the pain, swelling, surgical complications and other problems facing DePuy hip implant patients, another serious health threat is cobalt poisoning, or cobaltism. Thousands of patients...

• UPDATE: 4 Dead, 1 Injured in Tragic Fireworks Explosion

  Pierce Egerton | July 04, 2009 11:42 PM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The Virginian-Pilot is reporting that two more workers have died from injuries sustained when a truck loaded with fireworks exploded on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The...

• Metallosis: One danger of DePuy hip implant failure

  Lawrence Egerton | February 10, 2011 4:36 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  One of the complications that patients with a defective DePuy Orthopaedics hip implant may face is metallosis, a condition in which metal particles build up in the tissue around the implanted joint....

• Tips for Driving Safely in Highway Construction Sites: “Work Zones Need Our Undivided Attention!”

  Pierce Egerton | April 23, 2010 3:56 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  As National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week comes to a close, I’d like to remind you of some basic, simple driving tips that will help keep motorists and workers safe in these dangerous...

• Highway Construction Worker Hit on Interstate 85 near Archdale, North Carolina

  Pierce Egerton | April 20, 2010 3:55 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In North Carolina in 2008, there were five work-related deaths at road construction sites and 21 fatal traffic accidents in a highway construction zone. It should come as no surprise that highway...

• The Great Insurance Lie?

  Greg Jones | November 13, 2009 10:46 AM | 1 CommentCharlotte, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Have a worker’s compensation case? Let me guess, the adjuster has told you there is no reason to hire a lawyer because worker’s comp benefits are limited and you’ll only end up...

• Recent North Carolina Industrial Commission Decision Clarifies Specific Traumatic Incident Under Workers' Compensation Laws

  Robin Martinek | September 15, 2008 10:05 AM | 1 CommentFayetteville, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In a recent decision by the Full Commission, the Commission recognized that an employee suffered a specific traumatic incident resulting in injury to her back despite the fact that the pain did not...

• Pre-Employment Injuries May Come Back to Haunt Work Injury Victims

  Robin Martinek | August 15, 2008 4:40 PM | 1 CommentFayetteville, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In a recent case before the North Carolina Court of Appeals, a Judge Jackson and Judge Hunter found that an employee's undisclosed medical condition increased his risk of a back injury combined with...