Frances Atiapo worked as a truck driver for Goree Logistics, Inc. Goree contracted with Owen Thomas, a freight broker, to transport goods for another company. While driving a load of goods for Goree, Frances Atiapo was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Colorado. Goree did not have workers’ compensation insurance and denied Mr. Atiapo’s…
Asbestosis (or any other occupational disease) does not need to be the only cause of an injured worker’s death in order for a death claim to be compensable.
In Bowden v. Young, the North Carolina Court of Appeals addresses alleged intentional torts in workers’ compensation clams
Risk Managers should know that although “medical compensation” is broadly interpreted in North Carolina, the service requested still must effect a cure, provide relief or lessen the period of the injured worker’s disability.
Keith Tedder was hired as a temporary delivery driver for A&K Enterprises to fill in for a permanent employee who was scheduled to be out of work for seven weeks. Tedder was paid $625 per week. Tedder had an unrelated back injury from 2004 and was assigned permanent, medium-duty restrictions in 2006 as a result.…
Refik Ademovic worked as a cab driver for Taxi USA. Ademovic owned his own taxi, kept all of the fares he earned, did not receive a salary, paid a monthly franchise fee, set his own schedule, and was free to decline incoming calls from Taxi USA in order to pursue other driving opportunities. On August…
Charles Clark was a resident of Florida who worked for Summit Contractors Group, Inc., a Florida company doing business in North Carolina. In 2009, Clark was employed as a superintendent to supervise construction of apartment complexes in Greensboro. On August 5, 2009, he injured his shoulder and reported the injury the following morning. Clark returned…
The 2015 Workers’ Compensation Section of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Annual Meeting will be held February 5th and 6th in Greensboro and two Teague Campbell partners, Bruce Hamilton & Julia Hooten, will be on hand to present portions of the CLE. The once-a-year program, “A New Direction: The Changing Landscape of North Carolina Workers’…