InjuryBoard Fayetteville Archives

• Employee Being Laid Off Does Not Prevent Finding of Disability

  Robin Martinek | February 29, 2008 1:52 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Barbara Shuford, a former employee of Regal Manufacturing Company, injured her knee in a work-related accident. The injury resulted in a medial meniscus tear. While the claim was held to be compensable by the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the employer and carrier appealed the Commission's holdings to the North Carolina Court of Appeals. After her injury, Ms. Shuford was laid off when...

• North Carolina Has Good Workers' Compensation Benefits Compaired To Most States

  Brent Adams | February 26, 2008 9:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A recent news article about a workers' demonstration in Mississippi reminds us of how good North Carolina workers' compensation law is compared to the law in most other states.The unfortunate workers in Mississippi live with a 60 year limit on workers' compensation benefits. The current limit in Mississippi is 450 weeks of workers' compensation benefits, no matter how severe or permanent the...

• Congresswoman Warns About Too Many Social Security Disability Denials

  Brent Adams | February 25, 2008 12:40 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  After the lifelong epilepsy of Oro Valley, Arizona native Randall Burger became uncontrollable, he applied for benefits from Social Security disability. The agency denied his claim.U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) says that 64 percent of initial claims for disability are turned down by the Social Security Administration.Giffords' office came to the aid of Burger and upon appeal, his...

• Successive Auto Collisions: Difficult To Get An Adequate Avard

  Brent Adams | February 23, 2008 11:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A big nightmare for plaintiff's lawyers is having the burden of trying to get an adequate award for a victim of two successive traumatic events (usually arising out of two separate automobile collisions).It is difficult , if not impossible, to sort out the degree of harm caused by each collision separate and apart from the other traumatic event.It is unusual for the two separate claims to be...

• Court Decision on Employee Discontinuing Medical Treatment

  Robin Martinek | February 22, 2008 1:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Stevie Johnson, a custodial worker for the City of Winston-Salem, developed carpel tunnel syndrome after fifteen years of employment and the City of Winston-Salem denied his claim. Without access to health care through workers' compensation and with his health insurance running out, Mr. Johnson was forced to discontinue his medical treatment and physical rehabilitation. While normally, a...

• Lack of Madical Care Increases Risk of Diabetes

  Brent Adams | February 19, 2008 10:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Diabetes is a leading cause of disability in the United States. Unfortunately, the poor who do not have access to good medical care are more prone to disability from this horrible disease that those who have access to good medical care.According to a study released on Friday, February 15 by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, managing the disabling condition of diabetes is made more...

• Injured Employee Only Gets One Breast Implant

  Robin Martinek | February 15, 2008 11:21 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Penny M. Rumple Richardson was injured in a motor vehicle collision on May 16, 2001, while in performance of her work duties as a Certified Nursing Assistant in the employ of Maxim Healthcare/Allegis Group. Following the accident, Ms. Richardson noticed that her right breast was smaller than it had been prior to the accident and that the left breast had ripples. Since Ms. Richardson had...

• Icy Hot Is Recalled After Users Are Burned

  Brent Adams | February 13, 2008 1:09 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In a move that could lead to a rash of products liability suits, Chattern, Inc. , the manufacturer of Icy Hot and related products announced that it was voluntarily recalling its' Icy Hot Heat Therapy and a number of related products.Consumers have reported first, second and third degree burns after using these products. Some users reported having skin irritation after use of the...

• Another Chinese Disaster: Defective Bicycles Folgged Off on The United States

  Brent Adams | February 11, 2008 11:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Trek Bicycle Corp., based out of Waterloo, Wisconsin, has issued a voluntary recall of approximately 49,000 girls bicycles due to the risk of frames possibly breaking during use of the bikes. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, the company has already received reports of 13 incidents of frames breaking The CPSC also said that four of those incidents were reported...