by Kevin Bunn | Oct 11, 2012 | Blog
The NC Workers’ Compensation Act has long prevented payment of compensation for suicide in NC workers’ comp cases. N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-12. But what about when the the injury itself contributes to the suicide? In other words, when an injured worker kills...
by Kevin Bunn | Oct 11, 2012 | Blog, Disability
One of the most important factors in a workers’ compensation case in North Carolina is the accurate calculation of the Average Weekly Wage, or AWW. The Average Weekly Wage “AWW” multiplied by 2/3’s yields the “comp rate” which is...
