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Category: Workers’ Compensation

The North Carolina Mental Health System

September 14, 2009
Oxner
Every day we talk to people with mental health issues who can’t get the treatment they need because of cuts in the North Carolina system. The slashing of state’s budget ($155 million in cuts for 2010) and the downsizing or closing of mental health facilities have left some people in a crisis situation, especially those […]
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Are Company Doctors Accurately Reporting Workplace Injuries?

April 9, 2016
Oxner
In handling workers’ comp cases, we have found that company doctors may downplay the severity of accidents that occur at work. Injured workers come to attorneys complaining of problems that continue to hurt weeks after the incident. Or worse, they are concerned because they received an icepack and a band-aid from the company doctor when […]
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City of Charlotte to Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit for Driver Killed By Falling Tree

December 12, 2009
Oxner
The Charlotte Observer reported this week that the City will pay a settlement fee to the family of Kay Plyler because the root system of the tree that crashed into her SUV and killed her was known to be decayed. No warning had been issued to the public . Ms. Plyler was the assistant town […]
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What Do You Really Want From Your Workers’ Comp Claim?

March 5, 2010
Oxner
What do you really want out of Workers’ Compensation? I’ve spoken to thousands of injured people and their families and I’ve asked most of them that question. “To get better, to be able to return to work, and to enjoy my family again.” Those are the most common answers. In over fifteen years, I’ve never […]
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The Problem with Company Doctors, Part I

March 5, 2010
Oxner
Lou Waple recently won a case before the Industrial Commission that illustrates two different issues in workers’ compensation. First, the danger of company doctors. Second, the even greater danger of some attorneys…. The trouble all started when First Comp Insurance sent our client to one of their “approved” neurosurgeons. He correctly diagnosed her as having […]
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