Most employees who are injured on the job are eligible for workers’ compensation. Workers’ comp is like no-fault accident insurance that most businesses in North Carolina must provide their full and part-time employees. Benefits are available for injuries and illnesses that arise in the course of performing job duties. The North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act…

If you’ve been injured on the job, you may be entitled to benefits through your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance. Workers’ compensation covers your medical expenses for workplace injuries and reimburses you for a portion of your average weekly wages while you are unable to work. North Carolina’s workers’ compensation program offers valuable benefits to employees…

Suffering an on-the-job injury can be both painful and disruptive for any employee. However, if you work for a company with at least three employees, North Carolina law requires your employer to provide workers’ compensation insurance to provide benefits if you are injured while working. Workers’ compensation insurance pays for your medical care and provides…

If you receive workers’ comp benefits and pursue a personal injury claim against the third party that negligently caused the work accident, the workers’ comp insurance provider will make a claim against any settlement or court award you receive from the third party personal injury claim. A third party claim involves a situation where someone…

Personal injury clients sometimes ask whether they will have to pay taxes on any compensation recovered in a personal injury claim. The answer is that in most cases, Uncle Sam will not tax the majority of a personal injury settlement. Personal injury claims are meant to make people who have been injured because of others’…

Passengers can suffer significant injuries in car accidents and may have a right to seek compensation for their losses. This includes seeking compensation from whoever caused the wreck, be it the driver of the other car or the driver of the car in which the passenger was riding if that driver was at fault. Our…

Suffering a severe or disabling injury can put an incredible strain on a marriage. The caretaker burden placed on a spouse and the diminished lifestyle can cause a couple to split up and divorce. What happens then to the proceeds from a workers’ compensation settlement obtained for a workplace injury or other compensation recovered for…

If you have been involved in a car crash, the sight of a hit-and-run driver speeding off without stopping is sure to make you upset and frustrated. But the immediate aftermath of a hit-and-run accident is a time to keep your wits about you, particularly if anyone in your vehicle has been injured. There are…

Recently, one of our partners was meeting with a client about an accident case when the client received a phone call. The unsolicited call was from a call center called “The Accident Resource Center” that was allegedly offering to help the client find medical care and legal representation. The client said it was the third…

There may be many reasons why a city – a municipal government – may be responsible for a person’s injury. Someone may slip and fall on a wet floor in a city building or on an uneven sidewalk at a city park. A city employee might cause a car accident. A driver may hit a…