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NC Supreme Court Goes Awry in Workers' Comp Case on Notice

February 7th, 2010
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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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Appeals, Case Commentary, Industrial Commission, NC Supreme Court, Notice to Employer, Workers' Compensation

Burton, Hank, Mike, and Jonathan Recognized as North Carolina "Super Lawyers"

February 2nd, 2010
Four of Patterson Harkavy’s attorneys have been named North Carolina “Super Lawyers” for 2010 in a recent study by Law & Politics magazine. The findings are published in the February 2010 edition of the North Carolina Super Lawyers maga… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Burton Craige, Hank Patterson, Jonathan Harkavy, Labor and Employment, Leto Copeley, Medical Malpractice, Michael Okun, Personal Injuries, Recognition, Super Lawyers, Valerie Johnson, Workers' Compensation

Hank Patterson Recognized as One of the Workers' Compensation Notable People for 2009

January 27th, 2010
Hank Patterson has been recognized by the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Center as one of its Workers’ Compensation Notable People for 2009: “These exceptional people have worked tirelessly on behalf of their clients and have made… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Hank Patterson, Recognition, Workers' Compensation

Recent NC COA Workers' Compensation Decisions

January 25th, 2010
The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently issued several workers’ compensation opinions, though they were all unpublished and did not break any new ground.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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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Asbestosis, Attendant Care, Case Commentary, Change of Condition, Industrial Commission, Life Care Plan, NC Court of Appeals, Workers' Compensation

NPR Reports on Workers' Compensation for Military Contractors

January 13th, 2010
The NPR program Fresh Air broadcast a story on January 11 titled “Wounded in Wars, Civilian Face Care Battle At Home.” It is based on the reporting on T. Christian Miller and his series of articles, “Disposable Army.” The stor… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: Contractors, Defense Base Act, Military, NPR, Workers' Compensation

Patterson Harkavy Wins Workers Compensation Case in Court of Appeals

January 11th, 2010
In Hojnacki v. Last Rebel Trucking, the Court of Appeals reversed the Industrial Commission, and ruled that one of the defendant-companies, Last Rebel Trucking, was also one of the plaintiff’s employers under the Workers’ Compensation Act… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions, Results
Tags: Appeals, Employment Relationship, Industrial Commission, Leto Copeley, Narendra Ghosh, NC Court of Appeals, Results, Trucking Accidents, 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

New Workers' Compensation Decisions from Court of Appeals

December 15th, 2009
On December 8, the North Carolina Court of Appeals published a couple of workers’ compensation decisions. In the first, Heflin v. G.R. Hammonds Roofing, the Court faced an unusual situation involving Florida’s workers’ comp laws and… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Industrial Commission, NC Court of Appeals, Personal Injuries, Workers' Compensation, Wrongful Death

Hank Organizing and Presenting at Today's Annual NCAJ Workers' Compensation CLE

December 4th, 2009
Hank Patterson is one of the co-chairs for today’s NCAJ 16th Annual CLE on Workplace Torts and Workers’ Compensation. Hank is also speaking and presenting a paper entitled Structured Settlement Annuities and the N.C. Life and Health Insur… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Articles, Hank Patterson, NC Legislature, NCAJ, Presentation, Structured Settlements, Workers' Compensation

2009 Workers' Compensation CLE Session on Benefits for State Employees

December 3rd, 2009
Valerie Johnson is speaking at tomorrow’s NCAJ 2009 Workplace Torts and Workers’ Compensation CLE, to be held in Chapel Hill. Valerie’s presentation topic and paper are entitled State Employee Benefits and Workers’ Comp: 2009… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Articles, Corvel, NCAJ, North Carolina, Presentation, State Benefits, State Employees, Valerie Johnson, Workers' Compensation
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