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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

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

Latest Workers' Compensation Decision from NC Court of Appeals

September 9th, 2010
Earlier this week, the North Carolina Court of Appeals published its latest workers’ compensation decision in Hedges v. Wake County Public School System. In this case, the plaintiff had stumbled and fell when she walked into a workroom to make… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Attorneys' Fees, Case Commentary, Compensable Injury, Industrial Commission, Injury by Accident, NC Court of Appeals, Unexplained Fall, Workers' Compensation

NC Court of Appeals Decisions on Workers' Compensation -- Part 2

July 29th, 2010
The third workers’ compensation decision that the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued last week was Reaves v. Industrial Pump Service, a case that had already been to the Court last year. Under the Pickrell presumption, “When an employ… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Compensable Injury, Death Benefits, Heart Attack, Heat Exposure, Industrial Commission, Injury by Accident, Knee Injury, NC Court of Appeals, Pickrell Presumption, Rowan Salisbury, Workers' Compensation

NC Court of Appeals Concludes Unexpected Injury Not Covered by Workers' Compensation

May 6th, 2010
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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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Industrial Commission, Injury by Accident, NC Court of Appeals, Workers' Compensation