by Kevin Bunn | Jan 29, 2014 | Blog, General NC Workers Comp Info, Uncategorized
There is probably more bad information about contractors, subcontractors and Ghost Policies than any other area of NC Workers’ Comp Law. Let’s start with the key statute, NC Gen Stat § 97.19, and then work our way around to ghost policies. North Carolina...
by Kevin Bunn | Nov 12, 2013 | Blog, Procedure, Settlements
MEDIATION IN NC WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CASES Mediation in NC Workers’ Compensation Cases is an attempt to settle a dispute by use of an independent person to aid the parties in the resolution of their disagreement. The advantage of mediation is it gives the...
by Kevin Bunn | Nov 5, 2013 | Blog, Causation - NC Workers' Comp, Uncategorized
One of the common misconceptions I hear is that an injured workers who is at fault in his NC workers’ compensation injury should not be able to collect workers’ compensation. In North Carolina, this is entirely untrue. Workers’ compensation is a...
by Kevin Bunn | Oct 14, 2013 | Blog, Disability, Settlements
INJURY RATINGS IN NORTH CAROLINA WORKERS’ COMP CASES Many injured NC workers have questions when their doctor assigns a permanent partial disability rating. Many times injured workers are contacted by an adjuster working for their employer’s workers’...
by Kevin Bunn | Oct 8, 2013 | Blog, Medical - NC Workers' Comp, Procedure
Medical Treatment in NC Workers’ Comp Cases Many NC workers who have been injured on the job have questions about what treatment is covered by NC workers’ comp, how to go about getting the treatment they need, and how long they are eligible for treatment....
by Kevin Bunn | Sep 25, 2013 | Blog, Medical - NC Workers' Comp, Procedure, Uncategorized
Keeping NC Workers’ Compensation Medical Benefits Alive USE OF FORM 18M TO PROTECT MEDICAL BENEFITS I. STATUTE, RULE AND PROCESS The sudden termination of NC Workers’ Compensation medical treatment two years after the last payment of compensation in a NC...
