logo
close
close
1-800-319-9000
1-800-319-9000
close
logo

I’ve got a lawyer (I think) but i’ve never spoken to anyone but a paralegal. Can I (or should I) change lawyers?

Can I just go see my own doctor?

Yes you can, at your expense. If you’re employer tells you that you’re not permitted to this they are giving you totally wrong information. The insurance company only gets to direct your medical care if they formally accept the claim. That means they’ve filed a Form 60 with the Industrial Commission. Be warned, however, that […]
Read More

What medical treatment am I entitled to?

Under our law you are supposed to receive all medical care reasonably intended to affect a cure, provide relief, or lessen the period of disability. The medical care doesn’t have to do all three – any one will do. So even if you still aren’t going to be able to return to work you are […]
Read More

Why should I have to submit to a drug test?

You shouldn’t. But it’s the law. We don’t like it either but there’s nothing really to be done about it. Without condoning the use of illegal drugs or what is more of an issue – the use of prescription medicine which was not prescribed for you – we don’t see what the relationship is between […]
Read More

I’m injured. Why aren’t I getting benefits?

In North Carolina you need to prove two things to win a workers’ compensation claim. First, that you were injured. Second, that the injury occurred while working as a result of either an accident or an occupational disease. So if you’re just doing your normal work and your knee gives way or your shoulder pops […]
Read More

Workers’ Comp Definitions- What is occupational disease?

An occupational disease is a condition, which disables you due to exposure to a hazard to which the general public is not equally exposed. That’s confusing, isn’t it? In the old days it was coal miners getting black lung, or workers in a cotton mill breathing in cotton fibers. Nowadays the most common occupational diseases […]
Read More
1 … 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 … 105
Follow Us

Contact Us

Footer Contact Form

Thank you for contacting Oxner + Permar. If you have questions you can contact us at 1.800.319.9000, or complete the form below.

UnitedHealthCare creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Oxner + Permar PLLC. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please click on the URL provided: transparency-in-coverage.uhc.com
© Oxner + Permar PLLC 2025. All rights reserved.
Start Chat