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Workers' Compensation

June 6, 2019 By nicole

What Compensation Do You Get from a North Carolina Workers’ Comp Claim?

If you are injured at work it can wreck your health, your income, and your work. In North Carolina, workers’ compensation benefits are meant to help you after an injury or work-related condition until you can get back to work. You may be able to get medical treatment and a part of your lost wages. […]

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April 23, 2019 By nicole

First Responder Injuries and the Durham Explosion

At 9:38 a.m. on April 10, 2019, city officials in Durham received word that a contractor drilling a downtown sidewalk had accidentally ruptured a 5 cm gas line. Firefighters were evacuating people when a massive gas explosion occurred half an hour later. The blast, which occurred on the city’s 150th birthday, destroyed one building, shattered […]

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March 7, 2019 By nicole

Client Victory: Win Against Employer

Sometimes even when medical tests show nothing abnormal, you can experience pain and disability after an injury at work. That’s when the key to justice is a knowledgeable and aggressive workers’ compensation attorney. Our client, Justin, recently won his workers’ compensation case after months of litigation. Justin was working as a recycling collector when a […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Tagged With: workers compensation

February 7, 2019 By nicole

JG Law Remembers Dr. Martin Luther King’s fight for Workers’ Rights

Thank you, Dr. Martin Luther King, for fighting for workers’ rights. This holiday weekend, your friends at Johnson & Groninger pause to remember Dr. King’s outstanding advocacy on behalf of workers. Everyone knows about Dr. King’s tremendous advocacy for racial equality and his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. But Dr. King’s legacy also includes […]

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November 16, 2018 By nicole

Scholarships for Children of Injured Workers

Broken backs, occupational cancer, traumatic brain injuries…it’s no secret that catastrophic workers’ compensation injuries in North Carolina cause devastating physical pain, disability, and even death to affected workers. But what about the children of those injured workers? As the families of injured workers in North Carolina know all too well, a serious work injury, disease, […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Tagged With: injured at work, workers compensation

October 12, 2018 By nicole

Don’t be afraid to file a Work Injury claim in North Carolina

Many North Carolina workers worry that if they report a work injury, they will be deported, stalked, arrested, harassed, or worse. In theory, North Carolina law protects injured workers – including undocumented workers – from criminal action or retaliation after they file a work injury claim. Such protections are important to reassure workers that they can […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Tagged With: injured at work, injured worker, work injury, workers compensation

July 30, 2018 By nicole

Planning to Settle Your Workers Compensation Case Without a Lawyer? Beware.

Why You Should Use a Lawyer to Settle Workers Compensation Thinking you can save a few bucks by settling your workers comp case without a lawyer?  Buyer beware!  The North Carolina Court of Appeals reminds us in Ramirez v. Stuart Pierce Farms (June 5, 2018, Elmore, J., unpublished) that a workers’ compensation settlement is final, […]

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March 28, 2018 By nicole

Some conditions ARE payable under Workers Comp even when there is NO Accident!

Most people know that workers who get a condition known as carpal tunnel syndrome from a job that requires strenuous, repeated hand movements sometimes can get workers comp benefits. But why some other conditions are occupational diseases and payable under workers’ comp is not as well understood. Some occupational diseases are listed in the workers’ […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Tagged With: Occupational Disease, occupational diseases, workers compensation

March 1, 2018 By nicole

Workers’ Comp is based on disability

Many injured workers know someone who was injured at work and got a “big” settlement from workers’ comp. But getting a big settlement means that the injured worker suffered a terrible impact to his life and his ability to earn a living. Because Workers’ Comp is based on disability, it means a serious injury and […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Tagged With: Disability, Long-term Disability Benefits, workers compensation, workers' comp

February 21, 2018 By nicole

Pain Killer Limits for Workers’ Compensation Claimants? North Carolina’s Dramatic Proposal to Fight the Opioid Crisis

Like many states, North Carolina has been hit hard by the opioid crisis, and workers’ compensation claimants are particularly vulnerable, because they must find a way to control their pain, so they can get back to work. Like many folks experiencing severe pain, injured workers often fall victim to prescription opioid addiction. Sometimes prescription addiction […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Tagged With: North Carolina Workers' Compensation, North Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation Laws, opioid

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