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Category: Workers’ Compensation

Why should you have to pay an attorney’s fee when the insurance company has wrongly denied your claim?

February 24, 2014
Oxner
That’s a fair question. The short answer is the “but for” answer… you wouldn’t get anything but for the work that your attorney did for you. The long answer is that we may be able to convince the Industrial Commission to sanction your employer or their insurance company for a frivolous denial and have our […]
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Wouldn’t I get more money if I didn’t hire an attorney?

March 4, 2014
Oxner
We cannot guarantee the results in any case – there’s too much uncertainty as to what may happen. That’s especially true if you hire us early in a case. If you don’t get better your case is going to be worth a lot more than if you’re back to your old self in six months. […]
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If I hire an attorney am I going to get fired?

March 26, 2014
Oxner
Well, with the current state of the law in North Carolina an employer can fire you for just about anything. That’s not reassuring, we know. But it would be self-serving and dishonest to say if you hire us we can guarantee you won’t ever be fired. On the other hand we’ve seen very few clients […]
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I’ve got a lawyer (I think) but i’ve never spoken to anyone but a paralegal. Can I (or should I) change lawyers?

April 5, 2014
Oxner
Ugh. That’s not our style, that’s for sure. Our paralegals are highly trained, we keep them to a moderate caseload so they have time to spend on everyone’s file, and our clients pretty much love them. But they aren’t lawyers. There are a lot of times where you need to speak with a lawyer. Our […]
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Who sets attorney’s fees?

April 12, 2014
Oxner
By law, all fees for workers’ compensation cases must be approved by the Industrial Commission. It is illegal and unethical for a lawyer to take a fee outside of the Commission’s approval. A lawyer can ask for whatever he wants – but the Industrial Commission approves fees of 25%. It is extremely rare for the […]
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