Call Us 919-568-1309Imagine working for decades for a North Carolina company. You work overtime every time you are asked, and you don’t miss work. Even when you hurt your back at work, you keep working a hard job, for years. But when you fall again, and suffer a new injury to your back, your company decides that it won’t pay. […]
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The Most Dangerous Jobs in America: Are You at Risk?
No matter what you do for a living, there’s always a chance that you will be seriously injured on the job, perhaps even fatally. Some occupations, however, present more risk than others. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2017, there were 5,147 fatal workplace injuries that year, […]
Valerie Johnson Receives Ebbie Award
Johnson & Groninger PLLC congratulates Valerie Johnson for being selected by the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) as a recipient of the 2019 Ebbie Award. The award is named after Ebbie Bailey, who helped her husband establish the North Carolina Advocates for Justice more than 50 years ago. NCAJ created the award in 2003 […]
North Carolina Workers Compensation Settlement Agreements
In 2017 there were 183 fatal work injuries in North Carolina. For every fatal workers’ compensation injury, there are many more that leave workers with permanent disabilities. Some injured workers face long periods of time out of work. Others may have ongoing medical treatment needs. Many injured employees will have both. If you’ve been injured […]
Client Win: A Tale of Two Verdicts (Part II)
On Friday, May 3, 2019, at 1:40 PM, the family of Raven Little was able to get justice for their tremendous loss in a Columbus County courtroom. Raven, their 16-year-old daughter, sister, and grandchild, was killed because an irresponsible boat owner failed to follow safety warnings that would have protected the minors on his boat […]
