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Texting While Driving: Legal Consequences and How to Avoid a Ticket
In today's fast-paced world, staying connected is important. However, that is never an excuse to...
When to Hire a Workers Comp Lawyer
Navigating workers’ compensation can feel like walking through a maze. You’re dealing with your...
How to Fight a Speeding Ticket
Nobody likes getting a speeding ticket. A lot of citizens get nervous just seeing an officer on the roadway. When a police car comes out of nowhere and the blue lights come on, your mind starts to race. Is the officer coming for me? How much could a speeding ticket...
Summer Jobs and Workers’ Compensation: What Every Parent Should Know
What if your teen or college student gets hurt while doing their job? Does workers’ compensation benefits cover summer jobs? The good news is that it does. Believe it or not, summer employment can be very dangerous and you need to make sure your child is protected....
How Do Liability Waivers Work?
A liability waiver is an agreement between two parties, usually a business and an individual. The waiver frees the first party from responsibility for the other party’s injury while participating in an activity offered by the first party. Liability waivers assume that...
Will Workers’ Compensation Cover Being Assaulted by a Patient?
If you are working in a healthcare facility as a doctor, nurse, CNA or other health care provider, will workers’ compensation cover your injuries if a patient attacks you? What about if someone assaults you in the parking lot as you go to or leave your shift? Nearly...
What Can I Expect Workers’ Compensation to Cover?
Workers’ Compensation law can be a very complicated process. What you do right after the injury can have a very important impact on the future of your claim. If you, a friend or family member have been hurt on the job, you may be wondering what benefits you can expect...
Does Workers’ Compensation Cover COVID-19?
Every day, across North Carolina and the country, our essential workers get up, get dressed, put on their personal protective equipment and head out to their jobs. Nurses, line workers, delivery people, cashiers, tellers, and many others go to their jobs and risk...
Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage: What You Need to Know
A car accident can change your life in an instant. It is stressful, can cause personal injury, and affect your family and recovery for years. From medical expenses to property damages, many financial challenges can arise. What if the person responsible for your car...
Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act and Your Rights
Can I Lose My Job for Filing a Workers’ Comp Claim in North Carolina? Like many people, I continue to work from home during the pandemic, and as much as I try to stay grounded and keep up with the news only a few times a day, I do find myself looking at the staggering...
Telecommuting, Maurice the Cat and Workers’ Compensation
Like so many people, I have been working from home for the last several weeks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been at times frustrating and difficult, but I am thankful to have the means and technology to do my part and continue to help workers who have...