On April 6, 2017, the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Opioid Task Force held its first organizational meeting to study and recommend solutions for the problems arising from the intersection of the opioid epidemic and related issues in Worker’s Compensation claims. The Task Force has not yet issued a report or timeline for when a report…
North Carolina law requires corporations and limited liability companies to file an annual report with the Secretary of State on or before April 15th of each year following creation. The information contained in the annual report includes, among other things, the name of the corporate entity, the nature of its business, and current information regarding…
N.C.G.S. § 93A-6 prohibits a North Carolina real estate licensee from making any misrepresentation or omission of material fact relating to real property. The misrepresentation need not be intentional to subject a licensee to discipline. Even the negligent communication of false information is prohibited. Material facts include not only facts about the property itself, but…
Last winter we examined the Court of Appeals decision in Wilkes v. City of Greenville and its seemingly a radical extension of the Parsons presumption to injuries not initially accepted as part of the claim. The decision Wilkes was appealed to the North Carolina Supreme Court and is set for oral argument in mid-February 2017. …
On May 12, 2007, Plaintiff was working as a tire builder for Defendant-Employer, and sustained injury to her right shoulder. Defendants accepted the right shoulder as compensable. Plaintiff underwent surgery and returned to work. Plaintiff sustained a number of exacerbations to the right shoulder over the course of her claim. Following one incident in 2010,…
Volunteering at The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina was a great way to kick-off Easter weekend for this group of attorneys and staff! Please visit The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina’s website for more information.
On March 21, 2017, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion affirming a decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings that the Department of Social Services (“DSS”) lacked “just cause” under the North Carolina Human Resources Act for dismissal of an employee for unacceptable conduct. A DSS employee was terminated for making…