Opioid use continues to be a growing crisis in North Carolina and across the country. In an effort to continue to take steps to reduce availability and use of prescription pain killers, the Rules Review Commission, part of the Industrial Commission, recently issued proposed rules regarding opioids, prescriptions, and pain management. The rules are specifically…
As opioid use continues to plague the community, as part of the workers’ compensation system and otherwise, North Carolina is one of many states working to take steps to reduce availability and use of prescription pain killers. Per the North Carolina Opioid Action Plan (2017-2021), prepared by the Prescription Drug Abuse Advisory Committee (PDAAC), unintentional…
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,…