Posts tagged workers' compensation

• NC Workers' Compensation Benefits Face Urgent Fight!

  Lawrence Egerton | March 23, 2011 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Workers’ compensation benefits are under attack in North Carolina. It is imperative that anyone who cares about injured workers in our state sign this vital petition—Do Not Hurt NC...

• Is Workers Compensation worth saving?

  Michael Lewis | March 21, 2011 10:16 PM | 0 CommentsWinston-Salem, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In February, the North Carolina General Assembly moved closer to legislation that would significantly curb the amount of recovery that workers who are injured on the job can get through the North...

• Yes…you still have a case even if you’ve been fired.

  Greg Jones | November 02, 2009 2:29 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  I have a number of injured worker’s who call seeking my representation but don’t believe they have a worker’s compensation case because they have been fired by their employer. My...

• Tighter Safety Standards Sought In Wake of Tragic Fireworks Accident

  Pierce Egerton | July 09, 2009 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  According to State Senator Marc Basnight, new legislation will be introduced next week to tighten safety standards for the handling of large quantities of fireworks. The move comes in the wake of...

• Worker Electrocuted at UNCG

  Pierce Egerton | July 06, 2009 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The News & Record is reporting that a man rewiring lighting fixtures near the bookstore was electrocuted when he opened a junction box that still had power. The man was taken to Cone Hospital...

• Do North Carolina (NC) Railroad Workers Who Get Hurt on the Job Get Workers’ Compensation?

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 28, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  No. The employees of the major railroads in North Carolina like Norfolk Southern (NS), CSXT, and Amtrak do not get workers’ compensation if they are injured during their work but instead have...

• 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...

• Stress Victim's Family Collects Workers' Compensation For Her Death

  Brent Adams | August 11, 2008 10:56 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled that stress can be an occupational disease which will support a workers’ compensation claim. Family of dead workers collects full workers' compensation benefits.

• Mail Fraud Charges Used To Fight Workers' Compensation Claimant

  Brent Adams | March 26, 2008 3:05 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Mail fraud indictments are a favorite tool of federal prosecutors for just about any campaign de jour .These charges were used recently in a case brought by federal prosecutors against a workers' compensation claimant. A former employee of the Postal Service has denied federal charges of lying about disabilities while she collected approximately $69,000 in benefits from workers' compensation. On...