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Workers' Compensation – Automobile Accident – Going-&- Coming Rule – Transportation Of Tool
Automobile Accident - Going-&- Coming Rule - Transportation Of Tool
Defense experts using controversial 'malingering' test
A controversial test that is supposed to detect “malingering” is gaining popularity among defense experts in personal injury, workers’ compensation and other cases. The “fake bad scale” is being offered by medical experts as evidence that plaintiffs are fabricating or exaggerating their pain or other medical symptoms. Critics attack the test’s validity and claim[...]
Woman's claim that employer wrongfully committed her not barred by comp exclusivity
An Upstate woman could go forward with her suit against her former employer for allegedly committing her involuntarily to a mental hospital after she confided to her supervisor about emotional troubles, the U.S. District Court has ruled. The plaintiff alleged that her supervisor, acting as an agent of the employer, wrongfully instigated her involuntary commitment […]
Claimant entitled to benefits for wreck en route to job site
Foreman had apparent authority from employer to provide ride to work
Workers' Compensation – Employment Application – Misrepresentations – Causal Connection
Employment Application - Misrepresentations - Causal Connection
Workers' Compensation – Going-&- Coming Rule – Actual Or Apparent Authority – Ride To Job Site
Going-&- Coming Rule - Actual Or Apparent Authority - Ride To Job Site
Nurse assigned to mix of aggressive, passive patients gets comp
Volatile group made claimant's working conditions extraordinary
Workers' Compensation – Nurse – Psychiatric Unit – Mental Injury – Unusual Conditions
Nurse - Psychiatric Unit - Mental Injury - Unusual Conditions
Workers' Compensation – Employment Status – Independent Contractor – Truck Driver
Employment Status - Independent Contractor - Truck Driver
Workers' Compensation – Back Injury – Travel Expenses – Reimbursement
Back Injury - Travel Expenses - Reimbursement
Comp claimant couldn't pick doctor, make employer pay
An Aiken County forklift driver who was injured on the job could not pick her own doctor and make her employer pay the bill, despite her argument that a 2002 appeals court opinion justified it, the Court of Appeals has ruled. In its Feb. 25 decision, the appellate panel said that the employer was entitled […]
Workers' Compensation – Pre- Existing Condition – Degenerative Disease – Obesity
Pre- Existing Condition - Degenerative Disease - Obesity
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
- N.C. Bar Association embraces homophobia
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