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We represent numerous claimants under the North Carolina Workers Compensation Act, and now also under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act, and have recovered thousands of dollars on behalf of workers in numerous industries and occupations.
Depending on your stage of treatment and rating by your doctor, if any, you may be entitled to a significant award of money,subject to approval by the North Carolina Industrial Commission.
We encounter a number of employees who are completely ignorant of their rights under North Carolina Law. Employers routinely take advantage of this lack of knowledge by doing any number of the following:
- trying to force the employee to treat with a "quack" and/or unsympathetic company doctor
- trying to force the employee to work in a job which is beyond the physical restrictions set forth by his or her doctor
- threatening to fire the employee if he or she does not perform their job, even though the employee is unable to do so due to his or her injuries.
- failing to pay comp checks on time
- suddenly "creating" a "job" just for the injured worker that was not there before, and requiring the injured worker to perform this job, in leiu of comp checks
- refusing, denying or habitually delaying proper medical care for on-the-job injuries
- threatening fellow employees into lying about the circumstances of the injury
These are just a few of the abuses of the law by employers that we routinely discover and begin to combat when injured workers hire us on their case.
If you were hurt on the job in North Carolina, even if none of these things have happened to you (yet), you owe it to yourself to be aware of your rights under the Act. Please feel free to give us a call. Fees are contingent, like personal injury cases, and are 25% of your recovery, subject to approval by the Industrial Commission.
If you were hurt on the job in North Carolina or believe you have suffered an occupational disease, please call us at 877-622-8656 to discuss your claim further.
You may also find it useful to visit the North Carolina Industrial Commission Website at
http://www.comp.state.nc.us/
There is a wealth of useful information on that website.
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