North Carolina General Statute 97-37 deals with a situation where the injured worked dies before all his/her compensation is paid. If the cause of death is unrelated to the worker’s injury then the funds are paid in the following order:
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Settlement Keys in North Carolina Back-to-Work Cases
In considering any overall settlement of a North Carolina Workers Compensation case that is accepted, where the worker can return to work but with medical restrictions, the worker and his/her attorney will likely take a look at the following key items:
Settlement Keys – Back-to-Work with Restrictions – Family Circumstances
Settling a worker’s compensation case when a doctor says you can return to work is especially difficult – if you don’t have any family members or people who you can rely on. These workers need every dollar they can get. Workers with relatives who can help out are under less pressure to get every dollar. They can take less money to settle their claim.
New Pressure to Resolve Cases and Obtain Vocational Rehabilitation
There is a plus side to the new North Carolina Worker’s Compensation law as it relates to vocational rehabilitation professionals. N.C.G.S. 97-32.2. can now be used to pressure the insurance carrier to resolve your claim and to get you retrained for new work. Prior to the new law, vocational rehabilitation was rarely a viable option …
Medical Non-Compliance
In addition to using a nurse case manager and a vocational rehabilitation counselor to try to terminate your workers’ compensation benefits, there are other indirect tricks the insurance carrier for the employer will try.
