NC Appeals Court on Asbestos and Workers' Compensation

November 20th, 2011
In Maudlin v. A.C. Corp et al., the North Carolina Court of Appeals addressed a multi-pronged asbestos case. The case involved a man who worked as a pipefitter for more than 19 years at the company. He was exposed to insulation that contained asbesto… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Appeals, Asbestos, Carrier on Risk, Case Commentary, Compensable Injury, Industrial Commission, NC Court of Appeals, Occupational Disease, Workers' Compensation

NC Court of Appeals Reviews Workers' Comp Cases

November 17th, 2011
The North Carolina Court of Appeals decided two workers’ compensation cases of note this week. The first, Salomon v. The Oaks of Carolina, involved a Certified Nurse’s Assistant (CNA) whose shoulder was injured when she was changing a partial… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Appeals, Case Commentary, Compensable Injury, Disability, Industrial Commission, Injury by Accident, NC Court of Appeals, Presumptions, Workers' Compensation

Fourth Circuit Affirms Protected Concerted Activity Claim

November 3rd, 2011
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided NLRB v. White Oak Manor, a case involving an employee’s protected concerted activity, ruling in favor of the NLRB who sought to enforce an order in favor of the employee. The employee, who wa… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Appeals, Case Commentary, Concerted Activity, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, NLRA, NLRB, Retaliation

Brief Filed for Rawls in Workers' Compensation Appeal

November 1st, 2011
In Rawls v. Yellow Transportation, the Industrial Commission concluded that plaintiff Veran Rawls suffered a compensable injury by accident in 2005 and has been totally disabled since that time. Defendants appealed. Hank Patterson and Narendra Ghosh,… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Appeals, Briefs, Causation, Hank Patterson, Industrial Commission, Narendra Ghosh, NC Court of Appeals, Truck Accident, Workers' Compensation

Jon Harkavy Presents Annual Paper on SCOTUS Employment Law Decisions

October 24th, 2011
On October 21st, at the 27th Annual North Carolina/South Carolina Labor and Employment Law CLE held in Charleston, South Carolina, Jonathan Harkavy presented his 2010-11 annual review of the Supreme Court’s employment law cases. His paper is entitl… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions, News of the Firm
Tags: Appeals, Articles, Case Commentary, Jonathan Harkavy, Labor and Employment, NCBA, Presentation, US Supreme Court

NC Court of Appeals Rules for State Employee in Whistleblower Case

October 9th, 2011
The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently issued an interesting decision in Wang v. UNC-CH School of Medicine. The majority agreed with the trial court in finding that employees who are excluded from the State Personnel Act are still entitled to p… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Appeals, Case Commentary, Labor and Employment, NC Court of Appeals, State Employee, UNC, Whistleblower Act

NC Court of Appeals Issues Decisions on Workers' Compensation

October 8th, 2011
In the workers’ compensation case, Sellers v. FMC Corporation, the North Carolina Court of Appeals dealt with the issue of excusable neglect in filing appeals in the Industrial Commission. At issue was the defendants’ untimely appeal of an Opinio… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Apparent Authority, Appeals, Case Commentary, Employee Relationship, Excusable Neglect, Industrial Commission, Workers' Compensation

Title VII’s Religious Entity Exemption at Issue Before 4th Circuit CoA

September 30th, 2011
In Kennedy v. St. Joseph’s Ministries, Inc., Villa St. Catherine is a tax-exempt religious organization that operates a nursing care facility under the direction of the Daughters of Charity, a religious order within the Roman Catholic Church, and m… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Appeals, Case Commentary, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, Title VII

Briefs in IBEW 289 Arbitration Case in Federal Court

September 25th, 2011
In International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 289 v. Verizon South, Inc., the Union has filed suit in federal court (Middle District of North Carolina) to compel the company to engage in arbitration regarding the termin… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Briefs, Compel Arbitration, IBEW, Labor and Employment, Labor Arbitration, MDNC, Michael Okun, Narendra Ghosh, Unions

Hank Presents Paper on 2011 Changes to Workers' Comp Law

September 20th, 2011
At a recent CLE addressing changes to North Carolina Workers’ Compensation law put on by the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Hank Patterson presented his paper entitled “Changes to G.S. §97-29: Limitations on Total Disability Benefits… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Articles, Disability Benefits, Hank Patterson, Legislation, NCAJ, Presentation, Total Disability, Workers' Compensation
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