Riddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers | March 26, 2021 | Workers' Compensation
Medicare Set Aside: The Short Version A “Medicare Set Aside” or “MSA” is essentially a trust fund created as part of a workers’ compensation settlement that allows money for future medical treatment to be set aside for reimbursing Medicare. In this situation, Medicare will only begin paying medical expenses resulting from the workplace injury after […]
Read MoreRiddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers | March 17, 2021 | Workers' Compensation
If you have filed a claim for worker’s compensation benefits in North Carolina, your employer and their insurance company may ask you to sign a medical record release so they can communicate with your doctors and obtain your medical records. You may be asking yourself, “Should I sign a medical records release in my workers’ […]
Read MoreRiddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers | March 4, 2021 | Workers' Compensation
Our North Carolina workers’ comp lawyers are often asked, “What are injury ratings in a workers’ comp case, and how are they determined?” This is a great question. Here’s the deal on workers’ comp injury ratings: When you reach “Maximum Medical Improvement” or “MMI,” your doctor will usually assign you a “Permanent Partial Disability Rating.” […]
Read MoreRiddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers | February 24, 2021 | Workers' Compensation
When you’re nearing the end of your recovery from injuries sustained in a workplace injury, you will start to hear some terms you might be unfamiliar with — terms like “Maximum Medical Improvement,” “Permanent Partial Disability Rating,” and “Functional Capacity Evaluation.” In this blog post we’ll share what Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) is in a […]
Read MoreRiddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers | February 24, 2021 | Workers' Compensation
If you’ve been injured on the job and are unable to work, Riddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers knows that navigating the fine print of a workers’ compensation claim on your own can be a daunting task. One reason that these claims are difficult to navigate is because they rely on complicated, unfamiliar words and legal […]
Read MoreRiddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers | February 17, 2021 | Workers' Compensation
What is a “clincher agreement” in a workers’ comp case in North Carolina? In North Carolina, workers’ compensation attorneys commonly refer to settlement agreements as “clincher agreements.” The term is a slang or short-hand term, so if you start reviewing actual statutes or appellate decisions, you won’t see much or any mention of the term, […]
Read MoreRiddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers | February 17, 2021 | Workers' Compensation
North Carolina’s workers’ compensation laws are designed to provide benefits to employees who are hurt on the job. But what does it mean to be “on the job”? That can be a very complicated question. Many of our clients wonder, “Can I get workers’ comp if I was injured while traveling to work in North […]
Read MoreRiddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers | February 17, 2021 | Workers' Compensation
If you’ve been injured on the job, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Many of our clients ask us if pain and suffering is considered as part of workers’ compensation damages. The short answer is that workers’ compensation will not pay you for your pain and suffering. Unlike other personal injury claims like […]
Read MoreRiddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers | February 15, 2021 | Workers' Compensation
When a client contacts us about pursuing a workers’ compensation claim, one of the first questions they typically ask is, “How long do I have to file a workers’ comp claim in North Carolina?” If you’ve suffered an injury while on the job, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for your medical expenses, […]
Read MoreRiddle & Riddle Injury Lawyers | February 11, 2021 | Workers' Compensation
In most cases in North Carolina, employees of subcontractors are covered under workers’ compensation and entitled to benefits if they are injured while on the job. The specific rules are complicated, but employees of subcontractors are usually covered under either the worker’s compensation insurance of the subcontractor or the general contractor. The law is designed […]
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