Administrative law judges who hear Social Security Disability cases are expected to enter 500 to 700 decisions a year (an average of 2 per day). Each judge has 4 to 5 staff members who assist in meeting this standard. For this reason, it is very important that proper information be…
Two construction workers were involved in a fatal construction accident recently. The family of one of the late workers has filed a wrongful death claim against the company the men were employed by. In addition to the family wanting the company to be held responsible by filing for wrongful death, they have…
Congress established a strict standard of disability for the Social Security Disability program. For example, the disability program does not provide short term or partial disability benefits. Instead, an insured claimant is eligible only if he or she cannot engage in any substantial gainful work because of a medically determinable…
When an explosion occurs at a workplace, the problem is generally approached on two levels. First, the injured workers in a North Carolina work accident or elsewhere are taken to safety and treated medically. The medical care of the injured is thus first priority. In that connection, each worker or his or her…
In 2012, the Social Security Administration completed 8 million claims for benefits and conducted 820,000 hearings. It also conducted 443,000 continuing disability reviews for people previously awarded benefits. With a program this big, delays are unfortunately a part of the process. While the delays are bad, the average time for…
We have recently discussed the different types of jobs in North Carolina that may pose risk to employees. It is often assumed that many of these seemingly risky jobs are dangerous and there’s no way to get around the risk. Contrary to what one may think, many of these presumed…