The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reports that the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate has reduced hours-of-service (HOS) violations by 50% since the initial rule took effect in December 2017. Over 8.8 million roadside inspections were conducted since that time with less than 1.25% resulting in citations for HOS violations or for failure to […]
North Carolina – January 14, 2021. Four attorneys from Hedrick Gardner were selected to the 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers® list and five were selected as Rising Stars for 2021. The Hedrick Gardner attorneys selected to the 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers list are: M. Duane Jones, AppellateMel J. Garofalo, Civil Litigation: DefenseJeffrey A. Kadis, Workers’ CompensationPatricia P. Shields, Civil […]
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, who practices in our Charlotte office, is being honored in the Litigation category. Rob, who practices in our Raleigh office, is being honored […]
Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP, a leading regional litigation and dispute management law firm, is pleased to announce the promotions of Elizabeth Bennett, Brooks Miller, Lindsay Wikle, Erika Eisenoff, Ross Bromberger, and William Whitehead. “These 6 individuals perform excellent work for our clients,” said Hedrick Gardner’s managing partner Paul Lawrence. “We are excited to […]
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 (TPOC amount) for which it will not seek recovery. The threshold amount for 2020 was $750.00. On November 25, 2020, CMS announced the […]
Effective Dec. 1, 2020, the North Carolina Industrial Commission has revised the filing requirement that triggers the submission of a Form 19, Employer’s Report of Employee’s Injury or Occupational Disease to the Industrial Commission. Specifically, the Commission increased the Form 19 filing threshold for medical compensation paid from $2,000 to $4,000. The revised rule – 11 NCAC […]
November 11, 2020. Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP received several top rankings in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2021 “Best Law Firms” report. The firm received Tier 1 regional rankings, the highest category awarded, in the following categories: Charlotte: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Product Liability Litigation – Defendants Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers Raleigh: […]
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 werebeing misclassified as independent contractors and who were not getting the benefits afforded to employees, the State of California passed a law, which […]
On 9/29/20, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) final rule updating Hours of Service (HOS) regulations takes effect for normal, nonexempt operation. The key provisions include: The final rule may be found here: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/2020-05/HOS%20Master%20050120%20clean.pdf. On 9/4/20, the FMCSA announced a new pilot program allowing drivers between 18 and 20-years-old to operate commercial motor vehicles […]
North Carolina – August 20, 2020. Hedrick Gardner is pleased to announce that nineteen attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021. Patricia P. Shields was named the Best Lawyers® 2021 Raleigh Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year. ” Best Lawyers named a single attorney in […]
