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• Helpful NC Workers' Compensation Links for the Injured Worker

  Ben Burnside | May 31, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  In this information-fueled age, many injured workers look to the internet for information about North Carolina workers' compensation benefits when they are injured at work. For the web savvy worker and workers' compensation practitioner, there is a ton of helpful, and free, information on the web. This post will focus on the wide variety of information available through the website of the...

• Pit bull attacks same victim twice

  Joel Davis | May 29, 2007 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Fellow Injury Board blogger Barry Doyle writes about a dog bite case where liability seems very clear cut.In this terrifying case, a woman was visiting her friend when she noticed that the friend's pit bull was acting aggressively. The visitor, who had been bitten in the leg by the same dog in December 2005, tried to hide in the bathroom, but the dog broke the door down to attack her.Horrifying....

• Workers Ordered to Repay Company for Workers' Comp Costs

  Dan Deuterman | May 28, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  At The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law Blog, my colleague Ben Burnside writes about a disturbing default judgement in New Jersey that is forcing laid off, injured workers to repay their employer $2.2 million in workers' compensation costs.

• Contact lens solution linked to serious eye infection that can cause blindness

  Dan Deuterman | May 26, 2007 10:00 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Following a warning from the Centers for Disease Control, Advanced Medical Optics is pulling its contact lens solution from store shelves. AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution may contain an amoeba that can cause a serious eye infection that could lead to blindness.The CDC confirmed 138 cases of the eye infection Acanthamoeba keratitis, which an lead to a corneal transplant or...

• Misleading tort reform TV ads inflate "cost" of frivolous lawsuits

  Ben Burnside | May 25, 2007 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  As fellow Injury Board blogger Michael Ferrara points out, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is once again spreading misinformation about trial attorneys in an attempt to rally support for what is disingenuously termed tort reform.In a commercial that is running on cable networks nationwide, the Chamber claims that so-called "frivolous and abusive lawsuits" are costing American families $3,500...

• 5 Indicted in $100 million workers' compensation insurance scam

  Ben Burnside | May 24, 2007 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Five men have been indicted in a $100 million workers comp fraud scam that left hundreds of workers across the country without urgent medical care and death benefits, according to reports by the Associated Press and All Headline News.Between 2001 and 2004, the five men allegedly sold bogus workers' compensation insurance coverage to companies. Businesses allegedly paid premiums for fraudulent,...

• 9/11 workers fight for workers' compensation benefits

  Dan Deuterman | May 24, 2007 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  I blogged yesterday about an important deadline for workers who helped with cleanup and recovery efforts in New York City following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.This article shows the uphill battle facing many 9/11 heroes as they attempt to collect workers' compensation benefits and get medical care for their 9/11 injuries and illnesses.As this article points out, workers...

• Deadline approaches for 9/11 workers to claim workers compensation benefits

  Dan Deuterman | May 23, 2007 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  First responders and rescue workers who helped with the recovery, demolition and cleanup in New York City after the 9/11 attacks are covered under a special workers' compensation statute. But there's an important catch. The deadline to register for workers' compensation benefits is approaching, as this fact sheet from the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health explains.Many people...

• Former EPA chief to testify about 9/11 health and safety

  Dan Deuterman | May 22, 2007 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Christine Whitman, the former administrator of the Enviromental Protection Agency is set to testify before Congress about air quality and other health and safety issues resulting from the 9/11 terrorist attacks.New York officials beleive more than 400,000 people, including workers assisting in cleanup and recovery efforts, were exposed to ground zero dust and pollutants. Some 71,000 people...

• Company sets goal of zero workplace injuries

  Dan Deuterman | May 22, 2007 10:02 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC

  Injury Board partner Michael A. Ferrara in New Jersey blogs about ITT's efforts to reduce on-the-job injuries. Actually ITT is hoping to completely eradicate such injuries -- an admirable goal indeed, especially when you consider the financial and human cost of workplace deaths and injuries.The number of workers dying on the job this year will reach almost 6,000. More than two million will be...