If you were injured in an accident during the scope of your employment, as long as your doctor is holding you out of work, you should be entitled to temporary disability wage benefits (2/3rds of your average weekly wage) and payment of all their medical bills. In North Carolina, (NOT Virginia) even if you return …
Many workers in North Carolina and Virginia perform jobs that result in cervical spine or neck injuries. While some neck injuries can be treated and resolved quickly, many employees need to undergo surgery and may live with chronic long-term neck pain. Even when the pain subsides enough for the worker to return to work, many …
It’s natural to think that office work is much safer than jobs like construction work, first-responder jobs, healthcare work, and other types of jobs that involve a great amount of physical labor and risk. Yet office workers do suffer injuries on the job. When office workplace accidents cause injuries, the employees have the right to …
Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, Popeyes, Burger King. Bojangle’s. Most people in North Carolina and Virginia have their favorite places for a quick bite. While the food is a fast treat for customers, for workers in the fast food industry, every day their work includes some risk that an employee will be injured. The good news for employees …
On July 1, 2020, the Virginia Legislature, recognizing the terrible toll that exposure to extreme situations and traumatic events faced by law-enforcement officers and firefighters can take on those individuals, passed a special statute granting limited workers compensation benefits for workers in those positions who suffer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a …
If you are found to be legally intoxicated at the time you were injured on the job, that finding can utterly destroy your workers compensation case, in both Virginia and North Carolina. Even if blood alcohol testing appears to reveal levels below the legal limits, you case may still be tossed out. This …
Electrical injuries at work are a regular danger for any employee who works with power tools, near power lines, and anywhere where exposure to wires or cables is possible. While fairly rare, when electrical accidents happen, they can be fatal. Survivors may suffer injuries to their organs, tissues, heart, and other parts of their anatomy. …
Injured employees who qualify for worker’s compensation in North Carolina and Virginia are entitled to payment for their medical expenses. In addition to payment for surgeries, doctor visits, physical therapy, and other medical care with health providers; employers are generally entitled to payment for any medical devices to improve their health. Medical devices are more …
Marijuana can affect workers’ compensation in many different ways. A major concern is whether your claim can be denied because you used medical marijuana. The second concern is whether a worker can use medical marijuana as part of their treatment for any injuries or diseases. In North Carolina, the possession of marijuana for recreational and …
In VA and NC, you generally only have 2 years to file a claim or get under an Award or have your claim accepted. Virginia and North Carolina Workers Compensation Attorney Joe Miller here explains the concept of the statute of limitations and goes through some specific scenarios where you think you are in the …
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If you are looking at this site, you or a loved one has probably been hurt. If that's true, you've come to the right place. Helping people who have been hurt is what we do. In fact, it is all we do. Joe Miller Law is a law firm concentrating exclusively on representing people who are injured by the carelessness of others or those hurt on the job. We provide the highest quality legal services to people who have been seriously injured. We practice Personal Injury law and Workmens' Compensation law in both Virginia and North Carolina.
