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Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Failures and Bard’s Cover Up: Part 1

As many as 250,000 Americans are implanted with IVC Filters every year, making it one of the most popular medical devices in the country. These small, spider-like nets are implanted into a patient’s blood stream as a filter to prevent dangerous blood clots from traveling to the heart and lungs. However, these devices come at […]

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What is Underinsured Motorist (UIM) coverage – and do you really need it?
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What is Underinsured Motorist (UIM) coverage – and do you really need it?

In North Carolina, motorists are required to buy automobile liability insurance with limits of only $30,000 per person and $60,000 per accident to protect others from their carelessness. Because it’s all that is required, that’s all most people have. That means that most drivers on our highways have policies that will pay, at most, $30,000 […]

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Can I be fired while I’m on workers’ comp?

It’s a common mistake and many people think they cannot be fired while they are on workers’ compensation. While it is illegal for your employer to fire you in retaliation for you filing a workers’ compensation claim, few employers are stupid enough to tell you that’s what they are doing. The flip side of the […]

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Workers' Compensation
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Why is my employer having me come to work and just sit there?

Short answer: because they can. Long answer: many employers and insurance adjusters are obsessed with the idea that injured workers are slackers who want to sit home and watch daytime television. We’ve met about three such workers and thousands who just wanted to get better and back to work they could safely do without further […]

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Workers' Compensation
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I just started working here last month. How do they figure my average weekly wage?

Normally the adjuster determines how much you made in each of the 52 weeks preceding the date of injury. This includes bonuses, per diems, etc. If you missed more than a week we exclude that period of time from the calculation. If you didn’t work there a full year we look at only the period […]

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Workers' Compensation
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My boss just said I’m an independent contractor. Can I still get workers’ comp?

Absolutely. There are several things which go into determining who is an employee and who is an independent contractor. But the one thing the court says we can ignore is what your boss says about it. Employers in certain business fields are notorious for calling employees independent contractors. And many employees go along with it […]

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