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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

Latest Court of Appeals Opinion on Workers' Compensation

January 3rd, 2010
Just a few days before Christmas, the Court of Appeals published another set of decisions. Barrett v. All Payment Services is workers’ comp case that deals with an injured stuntman. The plaintiff worked as a professional stuntman, and in 1993 h… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Average Weekly Wage, Case Commentary, Disability, NC Court of Appeals, Workers' Compensation

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