Kelly Girardin v. AN Fort Myers Imports, LLC, Gallagher Bassett, DCA#: 22-1485, Decision date: May 08, 2024 - The claimant petitioned for attendant care benefits to be paid to her husband. The judge of compensation claimant...more
Attorney Fees Fixed in NC Workers’ Compensation Claim - It is little wonder that most defendants are unfamiliar with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-90. But, based upon a recent ruling from the North Carolina Supreme Court (Court),...more
In Thompson v. Int’l Paper Co., the N.C. Court of Appeals addressed whether attendant care prescriptions needed to be provided in writing....more
As adult-children, sisters, brothers, and friends, chances are you may be asked to be surrogate for a loved one at some point in your life. If not, someone probably will ask you to weigh in on what to do when medicine can...more
If you are an adjuster handling attendant care issues in a workers’ compensation claim, you know it can be a challenge to determine the rate of pay for an attendant care provider. The appropriate compensation rate for the...more
As a workers’ compensation adjuster, you may occasionally handle cases involving attendant care issues. When you do have a case involving attendant care issues, you will need to mindful of when your claim arose because...more
On September 26, 2013, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill which entitles personal attendants in California to overtime pay. Previously, Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order 15 provided a complete overtime...more