Today's post comes from Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr. at the Jernigan Law Firm. Book Review: Irresistible - The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alder (320 pages, Penguin Books, 2018) Addictive technology is alive and well, and lawyers need to understand what’s happening to our clients, jurors, [...]
Today's post comes from Kristina Thompson at the Jernigan Law Firm. Firefighters are at an Increased Risk of Many Types of Cancer Seth Tinsley, a Charlotte firefighter of 11 years, died at the age of 34 as a result of brain cancer. He was diagnosed at the age of 29. His name is recognized [...]
Today's post comes from Kristina Thompson at the Jernigan Law Firm. Cannabidiol: The New Aspirin? Recently a doctor suggested to one of my clients that cannabidiol (CBD) might provide a pain management option for his neck pain. It’s a first (for me) to see CBD oil in a client’s medical records as a potential [...]
Today's post comes from Kristina Thompson at the Jernigan Law Firm. How much is my workers’ compensation rating worth? And should I accept it? (Part 2) This is a follow up from our blog earlier this year about workers’ compensation disability ratings. To recap, a rating is given by a doctor to an injured [...]
2018 Top Ten Workers’ Compensation Fraud Cases By: Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr. and Law Clerk, Alondra Bribiesca Raleigh, North Carolina Non-Employee Fraud Cases - 10 $ 99.7 Million Employee Fraud Cases - 0 $ 0 Total Fraud $ 99.7 Million Three of the Top Ten Cases in 2018 [...]
Today's post comes from Kristina Thompson at the Jernigan Law Firm. What does a disability rating mean for my workers’ compensation case? Part 1: The Rating. One important, and sometimes confusing, point in a workers’ compensation case occurs when an injured worker gets a disability “rating.” Today’s blog discusses what a rating is (and [...]
Today's post comes from Kristina Thompson at the Jernigan Law Firm. 9/11 Victim Toll Sadly Still Climbing Seventeen years have passed since the 9/11 terror attacks and injuries from the attacks continue to rise. On September 11, 2001, 2,996 people lost their lives. Of these deaths, 343 were firefighters, 60 were police officers and [...]
Today's post comes from Kristina Thompson at the Jernigan Law Firm. The Privatization of the Justice System – The Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis Opinion Impact on Workplace Protections "The privatization of the justice system" - those are the words Cornell University labor law professor, Angela Cornell, used to describe the Supreme Court’s recent [...]
Today's post comes from Kristina Thompson at the Jernigan Law Firm. North Carolina Industrial Commission Adopts Opioid Rules and Companion Guide This blog is a follow up to my blog from February 2017 about the North Carolina Industrial Commission’s Opiod Task Force. As mentioned in that blog, the CDC noted that opioid sales had [...]
Today's post comes from Kristina Thompson at the Jernigan Law Firm. How long will the insurance company continue to pay for my medical treatment for my North Carolina workers’ compensation injury? Did you know that in North Carolina injured workers can apply for lifetime medical treatment for an accepted workplace injury? However, there’s one BIG caveat [...]
