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Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo and Nichols, Choi, & Lee Join Forces to Grow Service to Clients and Expand Practice Areas

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 mutually benefit both firms and their clients.  Through this union, Hedrick Gardner welcomes four new attorneys to the firm’s Litigation Group. M. Jackson […]

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AB5: A New Standard for Worker Classification – Part 4

by Joe D. Delfino 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 and addressed the classification of certain workers as either employees or independent contractors. Since the passage of AB5, there […]

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DOT/FMCSA Noteworthy Updates (Spring 2022)

Allen C. Smith, Austin R. Walsh On 3/1/22, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a partnership with the American Trucking Association (ATA) to participate in the Biden Administration’s 90-day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge, which is a part of the Administration’s Trucking Action Plan (TAP). To date, over 100 employers have accepted the Challenge that has resulted […]

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NC Court of Appeals Clarifies Calculation of Underinsured Motorist Coverage

by Austin Walsh On 5/3/22, the North Carolina Court Appeals published its decision in Tutterow v. Hall, et al. and changed the way Underinsured Motorist (UIM) carriers calculate the coverage available for UIM claims.  The holding gives UIM carriers a credit for all liability policies when tendered, not just the first liability policy that offers […]

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500 Weeks of TTD Benefits, Part 2

by Joe D. Delfino In a recent publication, we discussed the issue of what standard the North Carolina Industrial Commission and North Carolina Courts would use to interpret the provision of the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act dealing with the 500-week cap on weekly TTD benefits. By way of review, for workers’ compensation claims arising […]

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DOT/FMCSA Noteworthy Updates

Allen C. Smith, Austin R. Walsh On 2/7/22, the FMCSA’s Training Provider Registry went live. The Registry maintains a list of registered training providers and a record of all individuals who have completed entry-level driver training. State agencies will have access to the Registry to verify that commercial driver’s license (CDL) applicants have completed the […]

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N.C. Farm Bureau v. Dana: Bringing Common Sense Back to Underinsured Motorist Law

by Austin R. Walsh North Carolina – On 12/17/21, the NC Supreme Court issued its opinion in North Carolina Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., Inc. v. Dana i, which clarifies the maximum underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage available to claimants regardless of whether the liability coverage was exhausted based on the per-person or per-accident policy limits. […]

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Hedrick Gardner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers

North Carolina – January 13, 2022. Four attorneys from Hedrick Gardner were selected to the 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers® list and four were selected as Rising Stars for 2022. Additionally, Patricia P. Shields was listed on the Top 25 Raleigh Super Lawyers list, the Top 50 Women North Carolina Super Lawyers list, and the Top 100 North […]

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