Patterson Harkavy Prevails in Workers' Comp Case In Court of Appeals

June 8th, 2011
In Campbell v. National Pipe and Plastics Inc. the Plaintiff, Sherron Campbell, was represented in part by Narendra Ghosh of Patterson Harkavy. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled for the plaintiff in affirming the North Carolina Industrial Com… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions, News of the Firm
Tags: Appeals, Case Commentary, Industrial Commission, Injury by Accident, Narendra Ghosh, NC Court of Appeals, Pre-existing condition, Results, Workers' Compensation

Supreme Court Expands Wage and Hour Retaliation Claims

March 28th, 2011
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of an employee last week in Kasten V. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp, which involves a retaliation claim based on verbal complaints of wage and hour violations. The plaintiff, an employee… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, FLSA, Jonathan Harkavy, Labor and Employment, Retaliation, US Supreme Court, Wage and Hour

Court Dismisses Appeal as Sought by Patterson Harkavy in Workers' Comp Case

March 9th, 2011
In Evans v. Hendrick Automotive Group, the North Carolina Court of Appeals published this opinion, ruling that defendants improperly appealed a non-final decision of the Industrial Commission, and dismissing their appeal. Ms. Evans was an office mana… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions, Results
Tags: Appeals, Charlotte, Compensable Injury, Interlocutory Appeal, Narendra Ghosh, NC Court of Appeals, Results, Valerie Johnson, Workers' Compensation

Hank Speaks at Workers' Compensation Roundtable

March 6th, 2011
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Hank Patterson, Health Insurance, NCAJ, Presentation, Social Security, State Health Plan, Workers' Compensation

Supreme Court Issues Important Decision in Discrimination Case

March 3rd, 2011
In Staub v. Proctor Hospital, the US Supreme Court just issued an important unanimous decision in this military-service-based discrimination case. This case concerns the so-called “cat’s paw” theory of liability, under which one sup… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Cat's Paw, Discrimination, Labor and Employment, Military Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Title VII, US Supreme Court, USERRA

Patterson Harkavy Defeats Summary Jugment in Sexual Harassment Case

February 28th, 2011
In the case of Pascoe v. Furniture Brands International, Judge Frank Whitney in the Western District of North Carolina denied the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of sexual harassment today. The case will now… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions, News of the Firm
Tags: Ann Groninger, Briefs, Discrimination, Joshua Van Kampen, Judge Whitney, Labor and Employment, Results, Sexual Harassment, Summary Judgment, Title VII, Western District of North Carolina

Fourth Circuit Decision on Labor Board Procedure

February 24th, 2011
The Fourth Circuit published an opinion in National Labor Relations Board v. Interbake Foods concerning the proper procedure for the Board in evaluating claims of privilege. The Court held that the Labor Board can itself evaluate claims of privilege… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, National Labor Relations Board, Privilege, Subpoena

NC Supreme Court Sends Parking Lot Case Back to Commission

February 19th, 2011
The North Carolina Supreme Court has sent a tricky workers’ compensation case back the Industrial Commission for additional fact-finding. Cardwell v. Jenkins Cleaner involves a plaintiff who was injured when she slipped on some black ice three… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions, News of the Firm
Tags: Appeals, Burton Craige, Case Commentary, Compensable Injury, Employer Premises, Industrial Commission, NC Supreme Court, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Workers' Compensation

Fourth Circuit Rules USERRA Retaliation Claim Can Go To Trial

February 14th, 2011
In a recent unpublished opinion, Bunting v. Town of Ocean City, the Fourth Circuit partially overturned a grant of summary judgment and allowed the plaintiff to proceed to trial on his USERRA retaliation claim. USERRA is a federal statute that protec… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Discrimination, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, Police, Retaliation, Summary Judgment, USERRA

Briefs Filed in Dail v. City of Goldsboro

February 10th, 2011
The following briefs opposing defendants’ motion to dismiss have recently been filed in Dail, v. City of Goldsboro, et al.: Plaintiff’s First Response Brief and Plaintiff’s Second Response Brief. Mr. Dail was convicted of a crime he… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Briefs, Burton Craige, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, EDNC, Exoneration, Narendra Ghosh, Negligence, Personal Injuries, Police Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Incaceration
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