Over the years I’ve seen a handful of workers’ compensation adjusters who seem to forget that injured employees are real people who have families and are going through a difficult time, physically and psychologically, because of a workplace accident. Adjusters have complete authority over people who are subject to their control. In 1971, a Stanford psychology professor wanted to [...]
Have you heard the story about the woman who ordered some hot coffee from McDonald’s, spilled it on her lap, burned herself, and sued McDonald’s for millions of dollars? Ridiculous, right? It’s the poster story for so-called “frivolous law suits.” McDonald’s had already received and ignored over 700 reports that their coffee had burned [...]
On September 28th, 2011, the Obama administration and 26 states filed appeals to a lower court ruling that struck down a provision of the Affordable Care Act (the Obama health care law) that required every American to have health insurance. The Supreme Court is widely expected to rule on the appeal this fall, and its [...]
This article originally appeared in the Jernigan Law Firm Summer 2011 newsletter. Without a major public outcry, the original workers’ compensation bill proposed to the North Carolina legislature would likely have passed. That would have been a disaster for workers’ in our state. We would like to sincerely thank everyone who participated. Let’s make sure [...]