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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 […]

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calendar_today June 17, 2014

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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 […]

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Workers' Compensation

calendar_today June 10, 2014

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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 […]

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Workers' Compensation

calendar_today May 10, 2014

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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 […]

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calendar_today May 2, 2014

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Workers Comp definitions- What is an accident?

An “accident” is legally defined as an “interruption of the normal work routine.” Most commonly this is a slip, trip, or fall or something like that. However an interruption of the normal work routine includes moving an unusual object, or a heavier than normal object, or moving it at a faster pace than normal, or […]

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Workers' Compensation

calendar_today May 1, 2014

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O+P Expands Workers’ Comp Division to Virginia

Oxner + Permar attorney Casey Turner recently passed the Virginia Bar Exam, marking a first for the firm. Casey will be sworn in to the Virginia Bar Association on June 3rd, and will begin taking Virginia workers’ compensation cases thereafter. Casey currently practices workers’ comp law in North Carolina. Casey notes that her father, John, […]

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Workers' Compensation

calendar_today April 25, 2014

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I just got hurt. What’s the first thing I should do?

First thing is to check yourself and make sure you’re more or less ok. Second, make a note of who may have been a witness –just in case you need support later on. Third, tell your supervisor. Tell them out loud but back this with up with something in writing. That could be a formal […]

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calendar_today April 12, 2014

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Who sets attorney’s fees?

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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Legal Insights & Client Resources

What medical treatment am I entitled to?

Why should I have to submit to a drug test?

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

Workers’ Comp Definitions- What is occupational disease?

Workers Comp definitions- What is an accident?

O+P Expands Workers’ Comp Division to Virginia

I just got hurt. What’s the first thing I should do?

Who sets attorney’s fees?

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