On Friday, December 13, 2024, our Supreme Court issued a decision in Sturdivant v. N. Carolina Dep’t of Pub. Safety, which affirmed what the North Carolina Legislature has already confirmed: the “total loss…
The SMART Act requires CMS to annually review the costs associated with the collection of Medicare conditional payments and set forth a threshold amount applicable to settlements, judgements, awards, or other payments…
The North Carolina Industrial Commission (Full Commission) recently reached a decision in a COVID-19 occupational disease workers’ compensation claim. This decision has not been appealed, giving guidance as to handling and defending…
Contractors and businesses that subcontract work need to exercise caution in choosing subcontractors, and failure to do so could result in liability for on-the-job injuries of a subcontractor’s employees. Although employers are…
Hedrick Gardner is proud to announce that Raleigh Partner Catherine Lee was selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of the North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Employment Law Power List. One of 31…
The North Carolina Supreme Court has long recognized that an employee’s injury caused by their own negligence act, cannot, in itself, bar their workers’ compensation claim. This principle is outlined in Hartley…
Excluding Expert Exchanges: Protecting Attorney-Expert Communications Recently, the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure were amended to add a protection that is already recognized by federal courts: the Attorney-Expert protection. The newly…
November 3, 2022. Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP received several top rankings in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2023 “Best Law Firms” report. The firm received Tier 1 regional rankings, the highest…
CHARLOTTE, October 1, 2022 — Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo announced today that the attorneys of Nichols, Choi, and Lee have joined Hedrick Gardner’s civil team to further strengthen service capabilities to…
In several of our most recent articles, we discussed the potential impact of AB5 (California Labor Code § 2775); a law passed in California which went into effect on January 1, 2020…
