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www.edelsteinpayne.com Pulley v. City of Wilson, 674 SE 2d 478 MARTIN, Chief Judge. Defendant-employer City of Wilson ("defendant") appeals from an Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission ("Commission") concluding that plaintiff Anthony Pulley ("plaintiff") suffered a specific traumatic incident arising out of and in the course of his employment which aggravated a preexisting condition and that plaintiff is entitled to compensation for temporary total disability. We affirm. On 4 May 2005, plaintiff filed a claim for workers' compensation against defendant, alleging that injuries to his neck and back were caused by incidents which occurred at work on 29 April 2004 and 29 November 2004. After hearing evidence and reviewing depositions submitted by the parties, a Deputy Commissioner filed an Opinion and Award concluding that plaintiff had not suffered a compensable injury by specific traumatic incident on 29 Apr...

www.edelsteinpayne.com Dixon v. City of Durham, 128 N.C. App. 501, 495 S.E.2d 380, disc. rev. den., 348 N.C. 496, 510 S.E.2d 381 (1998) Workers' Compensation. Court of appeals ruled that injured worker's refusal of an offered job was justified. Recognized that “suitable work” for purposes of an injured worker receiving workers' compensation is work that not only meets the physical restrictions of the worker, but that also allows the worker comparable wage earning opportunities to those that they had before the injury. (This was before the recent "reforms" by North Carolina's right-wing legislature, that drastically changed the workers' comp environment in favor of companies and management and against workers.) --  If you, a co-worker, friend, neighbor, family member, or a loved one was injured on the job, please know we're here to help.  We provide complimentary workers' compensation case evaluations for job injury wo...

https://edelsteinpayne.com              THE BASICS OF  WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW AND PROCEDURES Originally posted by M. Travis Payne July 9, 2014 I.  TYPES OF CLAIMS: There are two kinds of claims, occupational injuries and occupational             diseases.  There are special requirements for each. A.                 Occupational injuries                         1.  The injury must arise out of work. 2.  For all parts of the body except for the spine (back or neck) or hernias, the injury must be the result of an ACCIDENT .  If the injury occurs as a result of just doing your normal routine work activity, then it is not covered . a)  Just about anyth...