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Perseverance Pays

February 5, 2012
It can be difficult to determine at what point a case can be settled. In a recent case, we had a client who suffered a neck injury requiring cervical fusion as a result of an automobile collision. We contacted the insurance company of the driver who was at fault, and they took the position that […]
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Hot Coffee Documentary: Telling the Whole Story

November 28, 2011
You’ve heard about the McDonald’s coffee burn lawsuit and you’ve read our comments (see the April 11, 2010 blog below). Now there’s a documentary that gives you more insight. “Hot Coffee,” compiled by Susan Saladoff, discusses how the public is being manipulated by the media and by corporations to believe that frivolous lawsuits are everywhere. […]
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Two Big Changes in Workers’ Compensation

November 26, 2011
Big Change Number One. Currently if you are injured and you cannot return to suitable employment, you are entitled to draw workers’ compensation benefits for life. For nearly twenty years Todd Oxner has been telling people if they live to 102 and die in a bar room brawl they’ll get paid until they’re 102. No […]
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How the Legislature Threw a Bone to the Insurance Companies’ Favorite Pitbulls

November 12, 2011
We have written a lot about rehabilitation professionals, particularly vocational rehabilitation professionals. Insurance companies have traditionally used vocational rehab professionals to set you up for a Form 24. (That’s the Industrial Commission form they use to cut off your benefits.) All the voc rehab professional had to do was to send you out on a […]
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An Update from our Burlington Office

October 28, 2011
Amy Berry and America Jones recently presented an ethics seminar to the NC Bar Association in Raleigh. “Accidents Happen: 2010 Basics of Workers Compensation” helped to inform members about how the Burlington and Asheboro law staffs comply with ethical obligations and how they insure that all proper procedures are followed on their cases. At the […]
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