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NC Court of Appeals' Latest Workers' Compensation Decisions

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has issued two workers’ compensation cases of note in its latest batch of decisions. The first, Woodliff v. Fitzpatrick, concerned whether the plaintiff’s employer had three or more employees. An employ… Read More
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Patterson Harkavy Wins Workers' Compensation Case for Police Officer in Court of Appeals

In Taylor v. Town of Garner, the Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Industrial Commission, agreeing that Officer Taylor is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits from the Town of Garner for the injury he suffered while working as… Read More
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NC Court of Appeals Cases on REDA and Appellate Procedure

Two opinions of note were issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals yesterday. The first, Beard v. Cumberland County Hospital System, concerns North Carolina’s Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act (REDA). REDA prohibits discrimination… Read More
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NC Court of Appeals Concludes Unexpected Injury Not Covered by Workers' Compensation

The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently issued an interesting opinion in Gray v. RDU Airport Authority. In the case, the plaintiff — a traffic control officer — was directing traffic in front of the airport terminals when he stepped… Read More
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Brief Filed for Bus Driver in Workers' Compensation Appeal

In Garner v. Capital Area Transit, we have filed this brief with the North Carolina Court of Appeals in this workers’ compensation case. Ms. Garner is a bus driver with Capital Area Transit in Raleigh who was injured was injured when another bu… Read More
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NC Supreme Court Approves Industrial Commission's Transition Process

On Friday, in Baxter v. Danny Nicholson, Inc., the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld an Industrial Commission decision that defendants had attacked on the grounds that one of the Commissioners was not authorized to exercise his powers on the day of… Read More
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NC Court of Appeals' Latest Decisions on Workers' Compensation and Medical Malpractice

Earlier this month, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued several notable decisions. In Soder v. Corvel Corp., the Court effectively reminded workers’ compensation litigants to timely file their appeals to the Industrial Commission. In thi… Read More
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NC Court of Appeals' Latest Decisions on Workers' Compensation and Personal Injuries

Last week, the North Carolina Court of Appeals published four opinions concerns concerning workers’ compensation and personal injury cases. In Berardi v. Craven County Schools, the Court considered and described the Industrial Commission’… Read More
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NC Supreme Court Goes Awry in Workers' Comp Case on Notice

In Gregory v. W.A. Brown & Sons, the North Carolina Supreme Court has at the very least made a simple area of the law very complicated, and at worst dealt a severe blow to injured workers with little legal justification. At issue is the employee… Read More
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Recent NC COA Workers' Compensation Decisions

The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently issued several workers’ compensation opinions, though they were all unpublished and did not break any new ground. In Pope v. Johns Manville, the Court upheld the Industrial Commission’s decisio… Read More
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