WC Risk Alert: There Can Be Only One Contract of Employment
Bruce HamiltonThe decision in Burley seems to establish that, short of a drastic modification of the employment contract, there will be only one location for purposes of jurisdiction.
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The decision in Burley seems to establish that, short of a drastic modification of the employment contract, there will be only one location for purposes of jurisdiction.
Changes to Industrial Commission Fees Effective July 1, 2015
Partner Bruce Hamilton will provide a legislative update on Workers’ Compensation at the 2015 North Carolina Chamber’s Summit on Manufacturing.
Risk Handling Tips on employee’s responsibility to prove disability
Risk Handling Hints on denying claims due to lack of credibility
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.…