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Hank Honored by North Carolina Industrial Commission

October 8th, 2009
At the 14th Annual North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference in Raleigh, which is put on the by the Industrial Commission, Hank Patterson was presented with an award in recognition for his years of outstanding service to the w… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Hank Patterson, Industrial Commission, Michael Okun, Recognition, Workers' Compensation

This Week's Personal Injury Case from the NC Court of Appeals

October 7th, 2009
The court issued an unpublished opinion about a pedestrian-vehicle auto accident in Hill v. Thompson this week. In the case, the 15-year-old plaintiff crossed a highway near her home, not at a crosswalk, and was struck by defendants’ vehicle. D… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Car Accident, Case Commentary, Contributory Negligence, Last Clear Chance, NC Court of Appeals, Personal Injuries

This Week's Workers' Compensation Decisions by the NC Court of Appeals

October 7th, 2009
The Court of Appeals released two opinions this week on workers’ compensation. In the first opinion, Fonville v. General Motors, the most significant holding concerned the defendants’ unilateral termination of benefits. In this case, the… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Appeals, Case Commentary, Expert Testimony, Industrial Commission, NC Court of Appeals, Termination of Benefits, Workers' Compensation

2009 WILG Conference Session on Workers' Compensation for Undocumented Workers

October 2nd, 2009
Valerie Johnson is speaking at the 2009 annual conference of the Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WLIG), to be held in Denver from October 16-19. WILG is a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to representing the interests of… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Articles, Case Commentary, Immigration, Narendra Ghosh, Presentation, Valerie Johnson, Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group, Workers' Compensation

New Laws Go Into Effect Today

October 1st, 2009
A bunch of the new laws passed by the North Carolina legislature earlier this year go into effect today. The News and Observer highlights a few, including the statute of repose law that helps consumers injured by defective products. The N&O also… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: NC Legislature, News and Observer, Personal Injuries, Products Liability

Study Shows that Unions Help Make Family-Friendly Workplaces

September 30th, 2009
Family-Friendly Workplaces: Do Unions Make a Difference?, written by Jennifer MacGillvary of the Labor Center at the University of California-Berkeley and Netsy Firestein of the Labor Project for Working Families, concludes the unions lead to workpla… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, Health Care, Labor and Employment, Study, Union

Burton Craige in Medical Malpractice Article in the N&O

September 27th, 2009
Burton Craige is quoted in this article on medical malpractice in today’s News and Observer. The issue of medical malpractice had not been a significant part of the debate over comprehensive health care reform, but the issue briefly came to the… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Burton Craige, Medical Malpractice, News and Observer, Personal Injuries, Press Coverage

Labor Market Continues to Worsen

September 26th, 2009
As our clients continue to tell us, the current labor market is an incredibly brutal environment for workers seeking work. Nationally, the number of job openings per person looking for a job is at a record low. Hopefully, the Senate will soon pass th… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: Congress, Job Market, Labor and Employment, Unemployment Benefits

USW Workers Ratify Goodyear Contract

September 24th, 2009
The United Steelworkers (USW) announced that workers overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year agreement covering about10,000 union members at seven Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plants, including the plant in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The new pact… Read More
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Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: Contract, Goodyear, Health Care, Labor and Employment, Union, USW

EEOC Proposes New Regulations for ADA Amendments Act

September 22nd, 2009
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) was passed last year and went into effect on January 1, 2009. The Act makes important changes to the definition of the term “disability” by rejecting the holdings in… Read More
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Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: ADA, ADAAA, Disability, Discrimination, EEOC, Labor and Employment, Regulations
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