Construction workers in North Carolina face a wide range of on-the-job risks, but there could be a complicating factor that many people are not aware of -- time. A recent study found that the time of day and how many hours someone has worked greatly influence his or...
Helping Make The Law Make Sense
Month: March 2021
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Hearing loss as a workplace injury
Working around loud machinery or tools can put a profound strain on one’s hearing, which may eventually translate to hearing loss. As a workplace injury, hearing loss often goes on to affect virtually all other aspects of a person’s life. Without the proper ear...
26th Annual Workers’ Compensation Roundtable (North Carolina Advocates for Justice’s Workers’ Comp Section)
Vernon Sumwalt will teach “Legal and Evidentiary Standards of Disability” at the NCAJ’s 26th Annual Workers’ Compensation Roundtable, a virtual continuing legal education course for workers’ comp lawyers who represent injured workers in North Carolina, on April 9,...