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The adjuster wants all my medical records for the last 10 years. Seriously?

Don’t get us started. We think this is a complete intrusion on your privacy. But the Industrial Commission routinely authorizes it. Why a woman needs to give her gynecological records to an adjuster when she has a torn rotator cuff is beyond our understanding. What makes this worse? There is nothing – absolutely nothing – […]

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Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Failures and Bard’s Cover Up: Part 2

We already know that IVC Filters are dangerous. We also already know that the manufacturers knew of the dangers but did nothing to protect the public. But did medical giant CR Bard, in order to obtain approval for their product, go so far as to forge a doctor’s signature on an application to the FDA? […]

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Workers' Compensation
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I work for a temp agency at a different company. How’s this going to work?

It’s not unusual for some companies to use a temporary employment agency to hire and place workers for a period of 90, or even 180, days before you become a permanent employee. This makes sense to them from a business point of view. Your workers’ compensation claim will be against the temp agency. Everything should […]

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Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Failures and Bard’s Cover Up: Part 1

As many as 250,000 Americans are implanted with IVC Filters every year, making it one of the most popular medical devices in the country. These small, spider-like nets are implanted into a patient’s blood stream as a filter to prevent dangerous blood clots from traveling to the heart and lungs. However, these devices come at […]

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What is Underinsured Motorist (UIM) coverage – and do you really need it?
Personal Injury
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What is Underinsured Motorist (UIM) coverage – and do you really need it?

In North Carolina, motorists are required to buy automobile liability insurance with limits of only $30,000 per person and $60,000 per accident to protect others from their carelessness. Because it’s all that is required, that’s all most people have. That means that most drivers on our highways have policies that will pay, at most, $30,000 […]

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