Posts tagged compensation

• 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...

• DePuy hip implant replacement: One patient’s ordeal

  Lawrence Egerton | October 07, 2010 6:03 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  After hip replacement surgery in February 2008, Kim Horbas was mobile and pain-free. But by the summer, her hip began to make a clicking sound when she walked. “It got louder and louder, so...

• 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...

• Common Causes of Amputation Injuries and Your Rights

  Randy Appleton | December 24, 2009 8:16 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  An amputation injury occurs when a limb is severed from the body. Amputation can affect the upper or lower extremities, and refers to all or part of the limb. Almost 1.7 million people are living...

• Injured employee claims he was fired because he filed a workers' compensation claim.

  Brent Adams | March 08, 2008 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A man from Fayette County, West Virginia has filed suit against a company in Kanawha County, West Virginia claiming that during his employment there, the company fired him in retaliation for his filing a workers' compensation claim. He also claims that his employer violated the West Virginia Human Rights Act.The suit was filed against Mountaineer Grading Company and Mickey Farmer on January 29...

• 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...

• DePuy hip implant recall and compensation: Too little, too late

  Lawrence Egerton | October 06, 2010 6:45 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  On August 26, 2010, the DePuy Orthopaedics company, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, issued a voluntary recall of two hip replacement systems. About 93,000 of the devices have been implanted...

• Disneyland Makes Settlement In Tram Accident

  Emily Mapp Brannon | June 06, 2009 5:44 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Rest and relaxation are at least two things people look for while seeking a break from the routine. Sometimes, going on a vacation or special trip such as going to the Outer Banks for a break...

• 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...

• Terminally Ill Social Security Disability Claimants Will Receive Benefits Faster With Proposed Legislation

  Brent Adams | January 09, 2008 11:43 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Social security disability law now requires all claimants to wait 5 months after their disability to began collecting disability benefits.A bill proposed by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) would remove the 5 month waiting period for terminally ill claimants.The purpose of the 5 month waiting period, a standard back-to-work benchmark was meant to avoid paying benefits to those who don't have...