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 , which clarifies the maximum…
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…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an updated Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide – Version 3.5, on January 10, 2022. In that Reference Guide, CMS reiterated…
Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP, a leading regional litigation and dispute management law firm, is pleased to announce the promotions of Erika Eisenoff, Ross Bromberger, William Whitehead, Marcy Lamar, Emily Pappas, and Amanda Brookie McDonald.…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an updated Section 111 NGHP User Guide – Version 6.4, on June 11, 2021. CMS will now allow the termination of ORM if the…
Before June 24, 2011, injured employees were eligible for lifetime Temporary Total Disability (TTD) benefits for the duration of their disability. In 2011, the North Carolina legislature passed revisions to the Workers’…
In our last article, we discussed the status and potential impact of AB5, a law recently passed in California which went into effect on January 1, 2020, addressing the classification of certain…
North Carolina – January 6, 2021. Hedrick Gardner is pleased to announce that Austin R. Walsh and C. Rob Wilson were selected for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s 2021 Legal Elite. Austin,…
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, judgments, awards, or other payments…
One issue that has come up numerous times in the setting of the trucking and transportation industries is the classification of workers as either employees or independent contractors. Concerned with workers who…
