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 Kristina Thompson, attorney at the Jernigan Law Firm. Do I need to buy workers' compensation insurance in North Carolina? Here's the general rule: in North Carolina, if you are an employer and regularly employ three or more employees, you must have workers' compensation insurance. Seems pretty straight forward, right? For such a [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Matthew Funk from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.QUESTION: I DID NOT TELL MY BOSS WITHIN 24 HOURS ABOUT THE ACCIDENT I HAD AT WORK. DOES THIS MEAN I CANNOT COLLECT WORKERS COMP? ANSWER: THERE IS NO 24-HOUR REPORTING REQUIREMENT UNDER THE COMPENSATION LAW Joe was working on [...]
