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08/21/25  |  News and Events

25 Hedrick Gardner Attorneys Included in 2026 Best Lawyers® Lists 

Hedrick Gardner is pleased to announce that 25 of our attorneys have been included in the 2026 Best Lawyers® lists. 23 of the firm’s attorneys have been included in the 2026 edition of The Best

01/07/25  |  News and Events

Three Hedrick Gardner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in 2025 Legal Elite

Congratulations to the following Hedrick Gardner attorneys selected for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite for 2025. M. Duane Jones – Appellate Catherine E. Lee – Employment Allen C. Smith –

06/07/24  |  Workers’ Compensation

Negligence, Even Gross Negligence, Will Not Bar a Worker’s Compensation Claim

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