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$500,000
Our client contracted carpal tunnel syndrome and cubital tunnel syndrome in arms due to long-term repetitive occupational exposure with employer. He underwent multiple surgical procedures to treat the conditions. In addition, our client developed chronic regional pain syndrome requiring extensive physical therapy, pain management and trial of spinal cord stimulator implant. After two and half years of disability compensation payments and payment of all medical expenses, the plaintiff’s claim was settled post-mediation for $500,000 in negotiations led by North Carolina workers’ comp lawyer Chris Brantley, a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation law.
$405,000
Riddle & Riddle’s workers’ comp attorneys in North Carolina secured a $405,000 settlement for a medical personnel worker who suffered a foot injury while on the job. The injury required multiple surgeries. Compensability was admitted and denied in part. The case was settled after four years of payments.
Negotiated by Riddle & Riddle attorneys, the settlement included a Medicare Set Aside fund to protect future medical benefits.
$375,000
Our client was a delivery driver who suffered a severe back injury while moving heavy items. The plaintiff required reconstructive back surgery, extensive physical therapy, pain management, and trial spinal cord stimulator implant. Plaintiff received wage replacement and medical benefits during recovery. With representation by workers’ comp attorney Chris Brantley, a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation law, our client’s claim was settled at mediation for $375,000.
We were proud to have secured the justice and compensation our client deserved in this hard-fought case.
$375,000
In North Carolina, when a worker is killed in a workplace accident, his widow and children typically are entitled to receive worker’s compensation death benefits. However, the situation can be very complicated when the worker dies while unmarried. In 2018, our North Carolina workers’ compensation attorneys requested a full evidentiary hearing before the North Carolina Industrial Commission and successfully obtained a favorable Order & Award in which we successfully proved that a young child was the proper beneficiary of a worker who had been killed on the job.
The child’s birth certificate listed no father, and she did not share his last name. There was no custody order or order for child support. However, we were able to prove, through live testimony of relatives, text messages, social media postings from holidays, and bank records, that the child had been recognized by the deceased worker as his child and that he had often bought her things or given her mother cash. This allowed the minor child and her mother to recover worker’s compensation benefits that will total over $375,000.
This case was led by Gene Riddle, managing partner, and Adam Smith, a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation law at Riddle & Riddle.
$350,000
Our client was a traveling nurse who suffered severe orthopedic injuries in a rollover car accident, including spinal burst fractures, bilateral ankle fractures, knee fractures, cervical stenosis, and radiculopathy. She underwent emergency surgery with open reduction and external fixation of bilateral ankle fractures, knee surgery, cervical, thoracic and lumbar fusion surgeries. She turned to Riddle & Riddle workers’ compensation lawyers in North Carolina, led by attorney Chris Brantley.
Our client was paid temporary total disability benefits during the healing period. All medical bills were paid. She successfully returned to work with a different employer at higher wages.
Attorney Brantley demanded an Independent Medical Evaluation and was able to secure substantial disability ratings for the client’s multiple injuries. However, the defendants refused to acknowledge the ratings, at which point we filed for a hearing to compel payment of ratings.
The claim settled prior to the hearing for $350,000 and waiver of a substantial overpayment made by the carrier.
$325,000
A utility worker suffered twisting foot injury requiring physical therapy, occupational therapy, prosthetic shoe inserts, injections, surgical removal of Morton’s neuroma and pain management. The injured worker suffered chronic pain and numbness in his foot and was unable to return to the full heavy weight-bearing required in his job. The plaintiff also required a period of pain management and nerve medications to treat his foot condition and a functional capacity evaluation to determine permanent restrictions. He turned to Riddle & Riddle’s North Carolina workers’ comp attorneys for help.
The workers’ compensation carrier paid for all medical bills and workers’ compensation disability benefits for the duration of the Plaintiff’s recovery. The case was resolved through negotiations between Plaintiff and Defense counsel for $325,000 plus all Industrial Commission expenses. Plaintiff was able to access pension and health insurance benefits following settlement of the claim.
$305,000
Our client was a passenger in a small commercial truck rear-ended by an 18-wheeler on I-85 near Concord. He suffered a low back injury which led to a disc herniation. Surgical repair was required. The injured worker was not able to return to work as a roofer for his employer after the wreck.
Unfortunately, prior to the wreck, our client ran a yard mowing business on the side. For several years prior to the wreck he had filed tax returns showing consistent large losses with no taxable income.
Our client continued the mowing business while collecting temporary total disability benefits from workers’ compensation which is not allowed. We filed suit on his third-party claim against the trucker and pursued his workers’ compensation case simultaneously.
Led by NC personal injury and workers’ comp attorney Donald Dunn, we settled the workers’ comp case for $80,000 and later settled the third party case for $225,000. Total compensation recovered for the client was $305,000.
$300,000
Our client was injured when she was rear-ended while driving on the job. As a result of the collision, our client’s back was injured which required several injections and ultimately a lumbar fusion and decompression surgery. The auto accident claim was resolved prior to suit being filed for $200,000. This was the full amount of liability coverage available. Her workers’ compensation case settled at mediation for $100,000 along with a reduction in the lien on the $200,000 recovery from the third-party automobile accident claim.
North Carolina workers’ comp lawyer Chris Brantley handled the claim. We were proud to secure significant compensation for our client in this complicated matter.
$300,000
The NC workers’ comp lawyers at Riddle & Riddle secured a settlement for a construction worker who suffered compensable back, elbow and knee injuries when an object fell on him at work. Defendants disputed psychiatric and pain management treatment for our client. We filed a request for a hearing regarding the medical issues.
The case settled while the hearing was pending. This case demonstrated clearly the advantages of hiring a NC workers’ comp lawyer to represent an injured worker when the insurance company denies liability. We were proud to have helped our valued client get the justice and compensation he deserved.
$287,000
Our client suffered a back injury in an automobile accident while on the job. The client’s injuries required back surgery. Our client’s workers’ compensation case was admittedly compensable which allowed our client to receive compensation for all medical expenses, including the back surgery, as well as wage replacement compensation during the period of disability. He also hired Riddle & Riddle’s workers’ comp attorneys to handle the entire matter.
Once our client reached maximum medical improvement and after receiving the aforementioned benefits, our client’s workers’ compensation case was then resolved for $200,000 plus a complete lien waiver in the third party auto accident case.
Our client’s automobile accident case against the other driver was then settled for an additional $87,000 prior to suit being filed.
$500,000
Our client contracted carpal tunnel syndrome and cubital tunnel syndrome in arms due to long-term repetitive occupational exposure with employer. He underwent multiple surgical procedures to treat the conditions. In addition, our client developed chronic regional pain syndrome requiring extensive physical therapy, pain management and trial of spinal cord stimulator implant. After two and half years of disability compensation payments and payment of all medical expenses, the plaintiff’s claim was settled post-mediation for $500,000 in negotiations led by North Carolina workers’ comp lawyer Chris Brantley, a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation law.
$405,000
Riddle & Riddle’s workers’ comp attorneys in North Carolina secured a $405,000 settlement for a medical personnel worker who suffered a foot injury while on the job. The injury required multiple surgeries. Compensability was admitted and denied in part. The case was settled after four years of payments.
Negotiated by Riddle & Riddle attorneys, the settlement included a Medicare Set Aside fund to protect future medical benefits.
$375,000
Our client was a delivery driver who suffered a severe back injury while moving heavy items. The plaintiff required reconstructive back surgery, extensive physical therapy, pain management, and trial spinal cord stimulator implant. Plaintiff received wage replacement and medical benefits during recovery. With representation by workers’ comp attorney Chris Brantley, a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation law, our client’s claim was settled at mediation for $375,000.
We were proud to have secured the justice and compensation our client deserved in this hard-fought case.
$375,000
In North Carolina, when a worker is killed in a workplace accident, his widow and children typically are entitled to receive worker’s compensation death benefits. However, the situation can be very complicated when the worker dies while unmarried. In 2018, our North Carolina workers’ compensation attorneys requested a full evidentiary hearing before the North Carolina Industrial Commission and successfully obtained a favorable Order & Award in which we successfully proved that a young child was the proper beneficiary of a worker who had been killed on the job.
The child’s birth certificate listed no father, and she did not share his last name. There was no custody order or order for child support. However, we were able to prove, through live testimony of relatives, text messages, social media postings from holidays, and bank records, that the child had been recognized by the deceased worker as his child and that he had often bought her things or given her mother cash. This allowed the minor child and her mother to recover worker’s compensation benefits that will total over $375,000.
This case was led by Gene Riddle, managing partner, and Adam Smith, a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation law at Riddle & Riddle.
$350,000
Our client was a traveling nurse who suffered severe orthopedic injuries in a rollover car accident, including spinal burst fractures, bilateral ankle fractures, knee fractures, cervical stenosis, and radiculopathy. She underwent emergency surgery with open reduction and external fixation of bilateral ankle fractures, knee surgery, cervical, thoracic and lumbar fusion surgeries. She turned to Riddle & Riddle workers’ compensation lawyers in North Carolina, led by attorney Chris Brantley.
Our client was paid temporary total disability benefits during the healing period. All medical bills were paid. She successfully returned to work with a different employer at higher wages.
Attorney Brantley demanded an Independent Medical Evaluation and was able to secure substantial disability ratings for the client’s multiple injuries. However, the defendants refused to acknowledge the ratings, at which point we filed for a hearing to compel payment of ratings.
The claim settled prior to the hearing for $350,000 and waiver of a substantial overpayment made by the carrier.
$325,000
A utility worker suffered twisting foot injury requiring physical therapy, occupational therapy, prosthetic shoe inserts, injections, surgical removal of Morton’s neuroma and pain management. The injured worker suffered chronic pain and numbness in his foot and was unable to return to the full heavy weight-bearing required in his job. The plaintiff also required a period of pain management and nerve medications to treat his foot condition and a functional capacity evaluation to determine permanent restrictions. He turned to Riddle & Riddle’s North Carolina workers’ comp attorneys for help.
The workers’ compensation carrier paid for all medical bills and workers’ compensation disability benefits for the duration of the Plaintiff’s recovery. The case was resolved through negotiations between Plaintiff and Defense counsel for $325,000 plus all Industrial Commission expenses. Plaintiff was able to access pension and health insurance benefits following settlement of the claim.
$305,000
Our client was a passenger in a small commercial truck rear-ended by an 18-wheeler on I-85 near Concord. He suffered a low back injury which led to a disc herniation. Surgical repair was required. The injured worker was not able to return to work as a roofer for his employer after the wreck.
Unfortunately, prior to the wreck, our client ran a yard mowing business on the side. For several years prior to the wreck he had filed tax returns showing consistent large losses with no taxable income.
Our client continued the mowing business while collecting temporary total disability benefits from workers’ compensation which is not allowed. We filed suit on his third-party claim against the trucker and pursued his workers’ compensation case simultaneously.
Led by NC personal injury and workers’ comp attorney Donald Dunn, we settled the workers’ comp case for $80,000 and later settled the third party case for $225,000. Total compensation recovered for the client was $305,000.
$300,000
Our client was injured when she was rear-ended while driving on the job. As a result of the collision, our client’s back was injured which required several injections and ultimately a lumbar fusion and decompression surgery. The auto accident claim was resolved prior to suit being filed for $200,000. This was the full amount of liability coverage available. Her workers’ compensation case settled at mediation for $100,000 along with a reduction in the lien on the $200,000 recovery from the third-party automobile accident claim.
North Carolina workers’ comp lawyer Chris Brantley handled the claim. We were proud to secure significant compensation for our client in this complicated matter.
$300,000
The NC workers’ comp lawyers at Riddle & Riddle secured a settlement for a construction worker who suffered compensable back, elbow and knee injuries when an object fell on him at work. Defendants disputed psychiatric and pain management treatment for our client. We filed a request for a hearing regarding the medical issues.
The case settled while the hearing was pending. This case demonstrated clearly the advantages of hiring a NC workers’ comp lawyer to represent an injured worker when the insurance company denies liability. We were proud to have helped our valued client get the justice and compensation he deserved.
$287,000
Our client suffered a back injury in an automobile accident while on the job. The client’s injuries required back surgery. Our client’s workers’ compensation case was admittedly compensable which allowed our client to receive compensation for all medical expenses, including the back surgery, as well as wage replacement compensation during the period of disability. He also hired Riddle & Riddle’s workers’ comp attorneys to handle the entire matter.
Once our client reached maximum medical improvement and after receiving the aforementioned benefits, our client’s workers’ compensation case was then resolved for $200,000 plus a complete lien waiver in the third party auto accident case.
Our client’s automobile accident case against the other driver was then settled for an additional $87,000 prior to suit being filed.
