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Why Injuries to the Back or a Large Joint Might Result in Larger Settlements In North Carolina, workers compensation law, injuries to the spine, which includes both the neck and the lower back, often cause considerable impairment. This impairment can prevent a person from going back to his or her old job. Injuries to the large joints in the body, such as the shoulder...
How Much Is My Workers’ Comp Case Worth? The "value" of your workers' comp case in NC depends on several factors. First, what is your injury date? If you were injured on or after June 24, 2011, then the Workers' Comp reforms passed by the NC General Assembly after the Republicans took the majority in the 2010 election,...
What is the Industrial Commission? The North Carolina Industrial Commission is the state agency that oversees all workers' compensation cases in North Carolina. The Commission has "exclusive subject matter jurisdiction" over the "North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act." In layman terms, that means that the Industrial Commission is the court system that has jurisdiction over any...
The “Settlement Mill” Law Firm May Not Have Your Best Interests at Heart! Here is an article from Forbes Magazine from 2010 that is an oldie but a goodie. It explains the "settlement mill" law firm and directs you to a scholarly article in the Stanford Law Review that explains this type of law firm in greater detail. But for the person who...
A Form 61 Denial Requires You to Take Action! A "Form 61" is the official North Carolina Industrial Commission form used by insurance companies to DENY workers' compensation claims. If you get a "Form 61" that means that your case is being declined or denied, and no further cash or medical benefits will be provided to you after the...
Here Is The Procedure to Follow When Your NC Workers’ Compensation Claim is Denied by the Insurance Company If the insurance adjuster denies your workers' compensation claim, you may appeal that denial by requesting a hearing before a Deputy Commissioner of the North Carolina Industrial Commission. You do this by filling out and filing at the Commission a "Form 33 Request for Hearing.” Evidentiary hearings are held before...
IT CAN TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET THROUGH A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CASE IN NORTH CAROLINA ! You are injured at work. Get first aid as needed and report the incident and injury to your supervisor. Fill out and turn in a written incident report to proper person at your employer, within the first thirty (30) days after the injury occurs. Get legal advice before giving employers’...
NC’s Unusual “Injury By Accident” Rule gets Media Scrutiny Here is a link to the article: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article238385643.html
Form 63, “Medical Only” Gives the Worker no Rights under NC Workers’ Compensation Law! If you get hurt at work and report your injury to your employer, you may receive from their insurance company a "Form 63, Medical Only." The block marked “2.” will be checked on this Form 63. A “medical only” Form 63 provides no rights that you or your lawyer can...
Spinal Injuries and Your Rights in North Carolina A common injury suffered by truck drivers and people who handle freight is a herniated, ruptured, or bulging disc in the lower back or neck. Doctors typically refer to these injuries as either a "bulging disc" or "herniated disc" and sometimes refer to them in their medical notes as an...
What is My Case Worth in NC? The value of a North Carolina workers' compensation claim depends on many factors. These factors include the date of your injury, the amount of your compensation rate, your work restrictions, your permanent partial disability or impairment rating, your job opportunities and efforts to find a job, and numerous other factors...
Make The Insurance Company Pay You The Correct Weekly Amount! "Average Weekly Wage" (AWW) and "Compensation Rate" (CR) are two very important numbers in your NC Workers' Compensation case. The CR is 2/3 of the AWW and the CR is the amount of your weekly check. All of your benefits are based off of that check amount. The AWW is...
If Your Co-Worker is Afraid to be a Witness For You, He May Have Been Intimidated By The Employer! I am handling a case for a client who had an injury by accident at work recently, and two of his co-workers saw it happen and then came to his aid and helped him. Those two co-workers know he got hurt. But the big corporation that they work for has...
If Your Injury is Being Ignored, Do This! How do you start your workers' compensation case? I hear from a lot of people who have been hurt at work and weeks have passed and no one has contacted them to start their workers' compensation medical benefits or wage loss benefits. Usually, this is because the injured worker has...
What Kinds of Disability Payments Can You Get? In North Carolina workers’ compensation cases, there are three kinds of “disability” payments that an injured worker may qualify for due to the injury and restrictions. These are “temporary total disability” (TTD) paid when you are totally unable to work due to the injury, “temporary partial disability” (TPD) when an...
The New York Times Asks Attorney Bob Bollinger for Legal Analysis — Maybe You Should Too? America Has Tried Reparations Before. Here Is How It Went. With a renewed focus on reparations for slavery, what lessons can be drawn from payments to victims of other historical injustices in America? A soldier in the Union Army and his family, in a photograph taken around 1863 that was...
“Ask the Experts” Featuring Bob Bollinger: Workers’ Compensation Pitfalls (Length: 29:50) Listen to Bob Bollinger explain Workers’ Compensation Pitfalls on the “Ask The Experts” Radio Show. (Length: 29:50)
“Ask The Experts” Radio Show featuring Bob Bollinger: The Basics of Workers’ Compensation (Length: 29:50) Listen to Bob Bollinger explain the basics of Workers’ Compensation on the “Ask The Experts” Radio Show. (Length: 29:50)
“Ask the Experts” Radio Show Featuring Bob Bollinger: Injury by Accident and Researching Lawyers on the Internet (Length: 29:39) Listen to Bob Bollinger explain Injury by Accident and Researching Lawyers on the Internet on the “Ask The Experts” Radio Show. (Length: 29:39)
“Ask the Experts” Radio Show Featuring Bob Bollinger: Workers’ Compensation Evidentiary Hearings (Length: 29:49) Listen to Bob Bollinger discuss Workers’ Compensation evidentiary hearings on "Ask the Experts." (Length: 29:49)
“Ask the Experts” Radio Show Featuring Bob Bollinger: Which Employers Need Workers’ Comp and Workers’ Comp for Traveling Employees (Length: 29:50) Listen to Bob Bollinger explain Which Employers Need To Buy Workers’ Compensation Insurance and Workers’ Comp for Traveling Employees on the “Ask The Experts” Radio Show. (Length: 29:50)
“Ask the Experts” Radio Show Featuring Bob Bollinger: Getting Medical Care in a Workers’ Comp Case and Researching Lawyers on the Web (Length: 29:28) Listen to Bob Bollinger discuss Getting Medical Care in a Workers’ Comp Case and Researching Lawyers on the Web on the “Ask The Experts” Radio Show. (Length: 29:28)
Are All Injuries Covered by Workers’ Comp? NO! No, they aren't! However, many people think that all on the job injuries are covered and as a result, they fail to report their on-the-job injury accurately when they do get hurt. For most injuries to be covered, you have to be injured as the result of an "accident." An...

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