Lawsuit Not Allowed for Heat-Stricken Worker Despite Previous Death, NC Court Says August 11, 2026 By William Rabb One farm worker died from heat exposure in 2020, resulting in a fine and citation from the U.S. Occupational Safety...
NC Commission Warns About Workers’ Comp Scam Impersonating Officials May 21, 2026 Scammers have been targeting Spanish-speaking workers, trying to trick them into paying fees to access workers’ compensation benefits around the...
NC Carrier Sanctioned for Pressing Workers’ Comp Claim it Had Denied July 7, 2025 By William Rabb What happens when an employer and its workers’ compensation insurer deny a claim, then face a wrongful-death tort suit, then...
NC Industrial Commission Grants Benefits to Widow of Officer Killed in Mass Shooting February 13, 2025 The family of a Raleigh police officer will receive workers’ compensation survivor benefits, even though the man was not officially...
Update: NC High Court Strikes Down Compensability of Weight-Loss Surgery March 27, 2024 By William Rabb The North Carolina Supreme Court has undone rulings by an appeals court and the state’s Industrial Commission that had granted...
NC Supreme Court: Injured Trucker Due Benefits, Despite Tardy Claim June 20, 2023 By Jim Sams An injured truck driver described as “pretty tough” by her doctor after she finally sought treatment more than a year...
Cooper Nominates State Rep. Goodman to North Carolina Workers’ Comp Panel March 19, 2019 A sitting North Carolina legislator has been nominated by Gov. Roy Cooper to serve on the state Industrial Commission. Cooper...
North Carolina Gov’s Pick for Workers’ Comp Panel Rejected, Again December 18, 2018 Republican legislators have rejected another candidate from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper for the North Carolina Industrial Commission. The House voted...
North Carolina Steps Up Workers’ Comp Fraud Investigations, Fines for No Coverage May 21, 2018 North Carolina has stepped up its efforts to identify businesses not complying with state workers’ compensation laws which it says...
N.C. Court: No Workers’ Comp for Employee Injured While Smoking on Break May 18, 2018 By Jonathan Drew A North Carolina city employee isn’t owed workers’ compensation for an injury he suffered while smoking during a lunch break,...