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North Carolina Supreme Court Denies Review in Taylor v. Town of Garner; Win for Plaintiff

November 24th, 2010
The North Carolina Supreme Court denied the defendants’ petition for discretionary review (PDR) in Taylor v. Town of Garner. The Court of Appeals decided earlier this year that Officer Taylor is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits from… Read More
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Categories: Results
Tags: Narendra Ghosh, NC Supreme Court, Police Officers, Results, Valerie Johnson, Workers' Compensation

EEOC Issues New GINA Regulations

November 20th, 2010
On November 9, 2010, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its final regulations implementing the employment-related provisions in Title II of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). Details on the new regul… Read More
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Categories: Legislative Action
Tags: Discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, GINA, Labor and Employment, Regulations

Latest COA Decisions on Workers’ Compensation

November 15th, 2010
The North Carolina Court of Appeals published two decisions on workers’ compensation this month. The first case, Kingston v. Lyon Construction, concerns workers’ compensation liens and third-party recoveries. The plaintiff was exposed to… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Asbestos, Case Commentary, Disability Benefits, Industrial Commission, Liens, NC Court of Appeals, Personal Injuries, Suitable Employment, Third-party Suits, Workers' Compensation

Narendra Joins NCBA Labor & Employment Section Council

November 7th, 2010
In firm news, Narendra Ghosh was recently selected for a three-year term on the Section Council of the North Carolina Bar Association Labor & Employment Section. Narendra is currently one of the Newsletter Editors for the Section. His term on the… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Labor and Employment, Narendra Ghosh, NCBA

NC Court of Appeals Rejects Workers' Comp Claim as Time-Barred

November 2nd, 2010
In an opinion issued two weeks ago, Johnston v. Duke University Medical Center, the North Carolina Court of Appeals concluded that the plaintiff’s occupational disease workers’ compensation claim was time-barred. The plaintiff had been a… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Duke University Medical Center, NC Court of Appeals, Occupational Disease, Statute of Limitations, Workers' Compensation

Issues Raised by New Types of Workplace Drug Testing

October 28th, 2010
This New York Times article discusses an important employment issue that may become more prevelant: whether and how employers may test and discipline employees for using legal prescription drugs. As the article relates, drug testing like this is regu… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Controlled Substances, Discrimination, Drug Testing, Labor and Employment, New York Times, North Carolina

Harkavy Presents 2009-10 Annual Supreme Court Review of Employment Law Cases

October 20th, 2010
At the 26th Annual North Carolina/South Carolina Labor and Employment Law CLE held in Asheville, North Carolina, Jonathan Harkavy will present his 2009-10 annual review of the Supreme Court’s employment law cases. His paper is entitled Supreme Cour… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Articles, Asheville, Jonathan Harkavy, Labor and Employment, NCBA, North Carolina, Presentation, US Supreme Court

Burton Speaking at NCAJ Conference This Weekend

October 17th, 2010
Burton Craige and Leto Copeley are speaking this weekend at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Mountain Magic Conference. Burton is leading a panel entitled “Collateral Attack on the Collateral Source Rule.” He will lead a discussio… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: ADA, Articles, Average Weekly Wage, Burton Craige, FMLA, Labor and Employment, Leto Copeley, Narendra Ghosh, NCAJ, Personal Injuries, Presentation, Wage and Hour, Workers' Compensation

Narendra Speaking at Start-Up Boot Camp for Lawyers

October 13th, 2010
Narendra Ghosh will be speaking tomorrow at the Start-Up Boot Camp and Marketing Conference, a two-day event put on by the North Carolina Bar Association’s Center for Practice Management. The Boot Camp is a program dedicated to the practical de… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Center for Practice Management, Narendra Ghosh, NCBA, News of the Firm, Presentation

NC Court of Appeals Rejects Another Woodson Claim

October 8th, 2010
Earlier this month, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an opinion concerning the viability of plaintiff’s Woodson claim — a wrongful death tort action based on an injury sustained at work. In Valenzuela v. Pallet Express Inc., the… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, NC Court of Appeals, Tort, Woodson Claims, Workers' Compensation, Wrongful Death
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