Today's post comes from Kristina Thompson at the Jernigan Law Firm. North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premiums Decrease by 17.2% on Average Last year (2018) the North Carolina Rate Bureau approved a 17.2 percent average decrease for workers’ compensation insurance – this is the largest decrease in over a decade. The new rates just [...]
Today's post comes from Leonard Jernigan at the Jernigan Law Firm. Abraham Lincoln Never Went to Law School I recently ran across a book entitled The Book of Lists written by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace, and Amy Wallace. It was published by William Morrow and Company in 1977. One list caught my attention in [...]
Today's post comes from Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr. at the Jernigan Law Firm. Against Democracy By Jason Brennan, Princeton University Press (2017) 245 pages This book contends that the election process in the United States is broken, and that we may want to consider other systems for authorizing leadership. Jason Brennan is careful not to advocate [...]
Today's post comes from Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr. at the Jernigan Law Firm. Arbitration - Beware of Toyota's Abusive Agreement Nearly every consumer contract seeks an agreement to use arbitration before going to the civil court of justice (jury trials). Arbitration is supposed to be quick and easy. It isn’t. It can be expensive and unfair, [...]
Today's post comes from Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr. at the Jernigan Law Firm. Has the Bargain in Workers' Compensation Been Lost? In creating the workers’ compensation system a grand bargain was created between the employer and the employee. In exchange for a no-fault system that paid limited but speedy benefits to the employee, the employer got [...]
Today's post comes from attorney Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr. NFL and Concussion Facts – What About Bicycle Riders? The National Football League (NFL) is concerned about concussions and they should be. I recently attended a program at Duke Law School (https://law.duke.edu/sports/headtrauma/) on Head Trauma in Football that mentioned the concerns parents have about [...]
2017 Top Ten Workers’ Compensation Fraud Cases by Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr. Raleigh, N.C. Non-Employee Fraud Cases - 10 $ 697.4 Million Employee Fraud Cases - 0 $ 0 Total Fraud $ 697.4 Million Seven of the top ten cases in 2017 are from California, two from Texas, [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. The collapse of the Interstate Highway-35W bridge over the Mississippi River killed 13 people and highlighted the safety hazards related to poor infrastructure. But most drivers face a less dramatic, but no less dangerous, hazard: Potholes. According to www.pothole.info, nearly 1/3 [...]
Budget Bill Proposes Eliminating Court Reporters Today's post comes from guest author Charlie Domer, from The Domer Law Firm. Wisconsin's Governor recently proposed significant changes to Wisconsin's best-in-nation workers' compensation system. For the second budget cycle in a row, the Governor's Budget Bill wants to drastically change the structure of workers' compensation cases. [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Catherine Stanton, from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano. I recently saw a quote that said “we are all just a car crash, a diagnosis, an unexpected phone call, a newfound love, or a broken heart away from becoming a completely different person. How beautifully fragile are [...]
