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08/17/23  |  News and Events

Hedrick Gardner Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America® 2024

August 17, 2023. Hedrick Gardner is proud to have 22 lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® and one lawyer recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2024 editions. This is the first time

05/30/23  |  Workers’ Compensation

COA Issues Opinion On Extended Benefits

The Court of Appeals Issues Its First Opinion on Extended Benefits The Court of Appeals has issued its first opinion on extended disability benefits, which came into being following the 2011 amendments

05/24/23  |  Medicare Set-Asides and Medicare Compliance

A Second Bite at the WCMSA Apple?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Removes Maximum Time Limit to use Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Amended Review Process Do you have cases that you cannot settle due

02/09/23  |  Workers’ Compensation

Recent Opinions at the Deputy Commissioner Level on COVID Claims

The Industrial Commission has issued two Opinions at the Deputy Commissioner level on COVID claims. Both claims involve pro-se claimants and there was no expert testimony; both claims were denied and no

11/03/22  |  News and Events

Hedrick Gardner Recognized as a Best Law Firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2023

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

09/30/22  |  News and Events

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

06/13/22  |  Workers’ Compensation

AB5: A New Standard for Worker Classification – Part 4

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

05/05/22  |  Trucking and Transportation Law

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

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04/18/22  |  News and Events

Hedrick Gardner’s Central Office Relocating to Upscaled Dwelling

CHARLOTTE, April 18, 2022 — Exciting changes come to fruition as Hedrick Gardner moves into their freshly renovated facility in Charlotte’s Rotunda building at 4201 Congress Street, in Suite 300, on April

03/21/22  |  Workers’ Compensation

500 Weeks of TTD Benefits, Part 2

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