Mitigating the Compensability of Work-From-Home Injuries Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many private employers transitioned to remote work options. Although some businesses have brought employees back to the office, or created a post-Covid hybrid work arrangement, the vast number of private employees whose work is primarily performed on a computer continue to work from home.…
Defense Counsel Perspective: Five Tips for Preparing for Mediation It remains a popular preference for plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ attorneys to attend mediation virtually despite the default rule at the Commission being in-person mediations. From the defense counsel perspective, virtual mediations can prove more difficult than in-person mediations for several reasons. First, it is easier to…
Teague Campbell is pleased to welcome attorneys Donna Hart, Yeekoyah Gorgor, and Kasey McCalla to the firm’s Raleigh office. Most recently, Senior Attorney Donna Hart worked for the NC Department of Justice where she represented government agencies in workers’ compensation claims. She brings valuable litigation skills to the firm’s Workers’ Compensation team and looks forward…
An employer’s right to direct medical treatment, long recognized as a staple of the Workers’ Compensation Act, is not total. The Court of Appeals’ January 2024 decision in Horsey v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is a reminder of that fact. Id. at 2024 N.C. App. LEXIS 61 * | 2024 WL 158256 The Plaintiff…
News from NCIC- New Integrated Case Management System The North Carolina Industrial Commission announced Wednesday, January 31st that its new integrated case management system will go live for external users in late February of 2024. The NCIC website stated that “…external users will be able to make a variety of requests electronically, including requests for…
Mediation Attendance Update On January 23, 2023, The Supreme Court of North Carolina adopted the Rules for Mediated Settlement Conferences and Other Settlement Procedures in Superior Court Civil Actions, superseding the existing set of rules in its entirety, that went into effect on May 1, 2023. Rule 4, which governs attendance at Superior Court mediations,…
Teague Campbell is pleased to announce that four attorneys have been selected to the 2024 North Carolina Super Lawyers®. Super Lawyers is an exclusive list, recognizing no more than five percent of attorneys in North Carolina. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a research-driven, peer influenced rating service of outstanding attorneys who have attained…
Teague Campbell is honored to share that Attorney Heather Baker has been recognized in Business North Carolina’s 23rd Class of Legal Elite. The selection process for Legal Elite requires attorneys to be nominated and voted on by their peers. Heather was nominated for the “Young Guns” category, which distinguishes up-and-coming attorneys that are…
Teague Campbell is pleased to announce that attorney Dan Strong has been promoted to partner. He is based in the firm’s Raleigh office and is a member of the litigation and risk management team, which represents a variety of industries on liability matters. Dan was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 2015, after…