Workers’ compensation insurance is a benefit provided to nearly all North Carolina employees under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act. Most employers are required to carry insurance to cover medical expenses and replace a portion of lost wages for work-related injuries and illnesses. The law is intended to ensure that…
Suffering an injury on the job can be one of the most disruptive experiences in a worker’s life. Worries about your health and your livelihood can feel overwhelming. North Carolina law requires businesses with three or more employees to have workers’ compensation insurance. Workers’ compensation should pay your medical expenses…
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…
If you have been injured on the job as the result of an accident or occupational disease and cannot work, you may be eligible for workers’ comp benefits including disability payments and medical bills. However, if you are considering taking a new job while you have an open workers’ comp…
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…
Algunos empleadores sin escrúpulos responden a un accidente laboral amenazando con denunciar a un trabajador indocumentado al control de inmigración si reclama beneficios de compensación laboral. Si es un trabajador indocumentado en Carolina del Norte, tiene todos los derechos y recursos legales proporcionados por las leyes federales y estatales, incluyendo…
Some unscrupulous employers respond to a workplace accident by threatening to report an undocumented worker to immigration control if they claim workers’ compensation benefits. If you are an undocumented worker in North Carolina, you have all of the legal rights and remedies provided by both federal and state law, including…
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…
Only a small percentage of lawyers in a state are honored as rising stars each year The law firm Younce, Vtipil, Baznik & Banks is pleased to announce that partner attorney Ashley T. Banks has been recognized by the Super Lawyers rating service as a 2023 North Carolina Rising Star….
When a group of people have been injured in the same way by an unsafe product or defective drug, for example, those injured may find that a lawsuit is better pursued as a class action. There are some advantages to requesting that the court combine individual lawsuits into a single…
