Edelstein Payne North Carolina Workers Compensation Injured Worker Tips

https://edelsteinpayne.com              RIGHTS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL             ACTIVITIES, AND LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’             SPEECH AND COMMUNICATIONS                                RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY  Prepared by Workers’ Compensation Attorney M. Travis Payne July 9, 2014             Thanks to enactment of the “Political Freedoms Act”, which was sponsored by the Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina (PFFPNC) in 1991, city and county employees have the absolute right to engage in political activities and support candidates for elected office....

https://edelsteinpayne.com                    OBTAINING PUBLIC RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS Prepared By: Workers Compensation Attorney M. Travis Payne Employment Lawyer             There are times when you may want to get copies of a variety of records or documents that a city, county, or state agency maintains.  This may be as part of the efforts of a citizens’ organization, or for an issue that is of personal interest to you.  Some documents that you might want to obtain could include operating procedures, policies of the city or county, pay plans or pay scales for a city or county, statistics on emergency calls and responses, reports prepared for the county or city either internally or by an outside consultant, the minutes of a closed council meeting, or maybe financial records regarding expenses paid by the city or county for officials to go on some...

www.raleighworkerscompensation.com Why are Valid Workers’ Comp Claims Often Denied?  Valid Workers' Comp Claims are Often Denied for flimsy details.  When a worker is injured on the job, they assume that they are going to be covered here in North Carolina by workers' compensation, and their medical bills are going to be taken care of, and they may get some weekly disability benefits.  Unfortunately, claims adjusters for insurance companies regularly deny claims that should not be denied.  Claims that should be claimed compensable.  They do this I believe to save the insurance company money, because they don't pay out then for the medical expenses or the weekly benefits.  Unfortunately, all too often working people who get their claim denied think that the system has just once again messed them over.  They go on with their lives without contacting a lawyer.  That is a mistake.  Many of the claims that are denied are in fact valid claims, a...

https://raleighworkerscompensation.com/ DO NOT SPEAK WITH COMPANY INSURANCE REP PRIOR TO A COMP LAWYER: Here's a real world tip for injured workers.  The truth is stranger than fiction. To illustrate the requirement for an injury by accident , I want to use an actual situation.  I was contacted by a firefighter.  At the end of his shift, he realized he had left some gear on the top of the rear of the fire truck. He went up the ladder at the rear of the truck.  Came down the ladder which ends about 30 inches off the ground.  He jumps down, and immediately feels pain in his left knee.  He files the accident report.  About a day later, he gets interviewed by the claims adjuster.  She asks him, "How many times have you gone up and down that ladder?" (Probably thousands of times).  "What kind of surface was it that you landed on?" (Smooth concrete it was in the engine bay.)  "Were there any rocks or sand or sticks there?" (No)  "D...