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Statutory Timelines for Defendants in North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Claims

North Carolina Workers’ Compensation claims are governed by Chapter 97 of the North Carolina General Statutes. What follows are timelines for Defendants set forth in the statutes...more

11/8/2024 / Employer Liability Issues , Human Resources Professionals , North Carolina , Workers Compensation Awards , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workplace Injury , Workplace Safety

Statutory Timelines for Plaintiffs in North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Claims

North Carolina Workers’ Compensation claims are governed by Chapter 97 of the North Carolina General Statutes. What follows are timelines for Plaintiffs set forth in the statutes...more

11/7/2024 / Employer Liability Issues , Human Resources Professionals , North Carolina , Workers Compensation Awards , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workplace Hazards , Workplace Injury , Workplace Safety

Elements Required to Prove an Injury by Accident in North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Claims

Whether a claim is compensable may depend on what type of injury/disease is alleged. The four major types of workers’ compensation claims are...more

11/7/2024 / Employer Liability Issues , Human Resources Professionals , North Carolina , Workers Compensation Awards , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workplace Hazards , Workplace Injury , Workplace Safety

Is This Claim Compensable? Elements Required to Prove Compensability for a Back Claim in North Carolina

Whether a claim is compensable may depend on what type of injury/disease is alleged. The four major types of workers’ compensation claims are...more

11/6/2024 / Employer Liability Issues , Human Resources Professionals , North Carolina , Workers Compensation Awards , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workplace Injury , Workplace Safety

Recommendations for Best Defense Practices at the Outset of a Workers’ Compensation Claim

You should take the following steps at the outset of a new claim - Ensure that an Industrial Commission Form 19: Employer’s Report of Employee’s Injury or Occupational Disease to the Industrial Commission has been...more

11/6/2024 / Employer Liability Issues , Human Resources Professionals , Workers Compensation Awards , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workplace Hazards , Workplace Injury , Workplace Safety

The Court of Appeals Issues a New Opinion on the Requirements for Extended Benefits Beyond 500 Weeks

In Betts v. North Carolina Department Of Health And Human Services – Cherry Hospital (No. Coa22-324), the North Carolina Court of Appeals has remanded the case to the full commission for further proceedings, finding that the...more

7/10/2023 / North Carolina , Workers Compensation Act , Workers Compensation Awards , Workers Compensation Reform , Workers' Compensation Claim

Death Claim Series – How are the Benefits to be Distributed?

Over the past several weeks, I have released a series of articles on North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Death Claims. The series has addressed the following five overarching issues...more

3/17/2022 / Beneficiaries , Death Benefits , Dependents , Lump Sum Payments , Settlement Agreements , Settlement Offer

Death Claim Series - To Whom are the Benefits Owed?

Over the last several weeks, I have been releasing a series of articles on North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Death Claims. This series addresses the following five over-arching issues...more

2/3/2022 / Death Benefits , Employer Liability Issues , Health and Safety , Human Resources Professionals , North Carolina , Workers Compensation Awards , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workplace Safety , Wrongful Death

Death Claim Series – What benefits are owed?

Over the next several weeks I will be releasing a series of articles on North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Death Claims. The articles will address the following five overarching issues...more

12/13/2021 / Death Benefits , North Carolina , Workers Compensation Awards , Workers' Compensation Claim , Wrongful Death

Death Claim Series – Whether the Accident or Occupational Disease Caused the Resulting Death.

Over the next several weeks I will be releasing a series of articles on North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Death Claims. The articles will address the following five over-arching issues...more

11/9/2021 / Bodily Injury , Construction Accidents , Employer Liability Issues , Health & Safety Standard , Occupational Exposure , Workplace Injury , Workplace Safety , Wrongful Death

Death Claim Series – Whether the Underlying Accident or Occupational Disease is Compensable?

Over the next several weeks I will be releasing a series of articles on North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Death Claims. The articles will address the following five overarching issues...more

10/28/2021 / Death Benefits , Latent Occupational Diseases , Occupational Exposure , Occupational Fraud , Occupational Injury , Payable on Death Clauses , Workers Compensation Awards , Workers' Compensation Claim

"Vested Interest"

How Shifts in Interest Rates are Affecting the Value of Workers’ Compensation Death Claims - Interest rates affect many aspects of our lives, from the housing market, to credit cards, to student loan debt. One area that is...more

5/5/2020 / Death Benefits , Workers' Compensation Claim

Industrial Commission No Longer to Allow Carriers to Directly File Motions and Responses (Form 24s, 23 Responses, etc.)

Meredith Henderson, the North Carolina Industrial Commission’s Executive Secretary, has announced that beginning Monday, September 18, 2017, the Commission will no longer accept Motions or Motion Responses filed by adjusters....more

9/14/2017 / Claims Adjusters , Discovery , Industrial Commissions , Rules of Civil Procedure , Unauthorized Practice of Law , Workers' Compensation Claim

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