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Scheduling the Hearing
Fortunately, social security hearings are scheduled on a specific day and time. This means you usually do not have to wait around for hours and hours for your case to be called. However, this also means that the Social Security Administration judges do not like continue cases to a later…
Qualifying for compensation with a total or partial disability
Dealing with an injury and all that comes with it is difficult enough. Where will you get medical treatment? How will you function around the house? Who will take care of the kids? How will you earn an income? These are questions that will undoubtedly come to mind as you…
Getting Ready for a Hearing
It is important that you meet with your attorney prior to the hearing so that you can go over the types of questions you will be asked and the information the judges will be interested in receiving from you. It is not necessary to dress up for the hearing, clean,…
Could undocumented immigrants lose workers’ compensation?
When an individual goes into work each day, particularly where manual labor is involved, it can be strenuous and grueling. It can at least be reassuring to know that after an injury workers’ compensation may alleviate some of your concerns, especially monetarily. If that support is taken away, it can be unsettling…
Social Security Disability Hearing
A social security disability hearing is different from other types of court proceedings. There is no jury, the cases are decided by administrative law judges who work for the federal government. There is also no lawyer present representing the government, which means the judge serves both those roles. The hearings…
Equipment roll-over at construction site kills 1, injures another
Working at a construction site may be considered to be an inherently dangerous activity, and as we have noted on this blog before every year construction accidents in North Carolina take their toll of workers killed and injured on the job. Another construction worker has recently died in what his…
Understanding workers’ compensation and how we can help
Being injured in an accident on the job can be traumatic in more than the physical sense. Time itself can seem to be disrupted: The accident itself seemed to happen so suddenly, yet the duration of your recovery may seem to take an eternity. You may find yourself feeling like…
Construction: one of the deadliest occupations in North Carolina
Workplace safety is something that the government of North Carolina and many employers in this state go to considerable lengths to emphasize, and for good reason, Every year, no matter how careful businesses and industries try to be, a certain number of workers will die on the job. Both the North…
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
Since March 29, 1996, an individual may not be considered disabled if alcoholism or drug addiction is a contributing material factor to the determination of disability. This does not mean that alcoholics or drug addicts cannot be found disabled, just that it cannot be based upon alcoholism or drug addiction…
How do I pursue a workers’ compensation claim in North Carolina?
The procedure for filing a workers’ compensation claim in North Carolina is a series of events that require notifications, the filing of necessary standard forms and meeting certain time restrictions. This post reviews, in general, how the benefit claim process works. For an employee claiming an on-the-job injury, the first…
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