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• North Carolina May Cap Workers' Compensation for Retirees

  Margaret Embry | May 28, 2009 4:12 PM | 1 CommentRaleigh, NC

  As of May 11, 2009, the North Carolina House Insurance Committee advanced a measure that would limit workers' compensation payments to injured workers about six years after they become eligible for...

• Repetitive Motion Disease Found For Back Injury in Workers' Compensation Case

  Brent Adams | August 03, 2007 8:31 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld a workers' compensation claim arising out of a back injury which was not caused by an accident or by a specific traumatic incident. In workers' compensation cases, it is usually necessary for a claimant to prove that he was injured by an "accident" in order to recover. In recent years, however, this rule has been greatly relaxed, especially with...

• BANISHED SHOPPER AND CAN SUE MALL

  Brent Adams | August 11, 2008 11:41 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  BANISHED SHOPPER AND CAN SUE MALL

• When You Are Disabled, Be Careful What You Say To The Insurance Claims Handler

  Brent Adams | June 30, 2008 1:31 AM | 2 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A disability insurance claimant should be careful what he says to a claims examiner. A claims manager will create notes in the claims file which will accentuate the positive and down play the negative in order to create a distorted view of the claimants injuries.

• Two qualifications your personal injury lawyer should have

  Brent Adams | May 15, 2008 1:57 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  It is not easy to find a good personal injury lawyer. Certainly there are a lot of lawyers out there. It seems as though there is a lawyer under every rock. However, if you are looking for a personal injury lawyer, you need to be sure that you have a good one.

• Employer Liable for Making Back Condition Worse

  Brent Adams | September 04, 2007 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  North Carolina law provides that if a worker suffers a specific traumatic incident which worsens a preexisting injury or defect in the back, then the worker is entitled to workers' compensation benefits as a result of the worsening of the preexisting back condition.An example of that law arose in the case of Queen v. Penske Corp. in this case, the worker was born with a back condition known as...

• U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Immunity In Product Liability Cases

  Brent Adams | February 25, 2008 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case which could have a major effect on victims of defective products including pharmaceuticals.The case involves the validity of a Michigan law which kept Michigan victims of the defective drug Rezulin from collecting from a settlement that Rezulin victims of all other states participated it.The federal district court in Michigan...

• Over 4,000 Bad Nursing Homes in the US - THREE in NC

  Christina Medlin | February 18, 2008 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) , formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is the federal agency responsible for administering the Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments), and several other health-related programs....

• Accidents with Unlicensed Drivers

  Christina Medlin | June 22, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Arturo Arguijo's, 16, faces charges of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and driving without a license. He is in the Wake County Jail under a $10,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court in August. Arguijo pulled out in front of Salud Avellaneda-Marin, 41, of Asheboro, and her two sons causing her SUV to rollover several times. Avellaneda-Marin died at WakeMed; her 20-year-old and infant...

• Doctor Shopping Employer Required to Pay Benefits

  Brent Adams | June 01, 2007 4:48 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  An employer's brazen doctor shopping efforts to terminate workers' compensation benefits backfired in a recent case. A decision of the North Carolina Industrial Commission granted full workers' compensation benefits to an injured employee and found that the employer's efforts to deny benefits constituted stubborn and unfounded litigiousness and that the appeals were brought by the employer...