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“Former Charlotte Police Officer Says Riots Gave Him PTSD” (WCNC News Report 2/22/2021)
The bravery of lawyers going to trial is nothing compared to the bravery of our clients whose lives they ask us to share with the world. Chad, a veteran police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, entrusted The Sumwalt Group to challenge a denial of his…
Vernon Sumwalt Selected For Best Lawyers In America
The Sumwalt Group Workers’ Compensation and Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Vernon Sumwalt has been included in the 2021 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America in the field of Workers’ Compensation Law–Claimants. Lawyers included in The Best Lawyers in America are grouped…
Will COVID-19 Make Workers Compensation and Personal Injury Cases Less Expensive?
The bottom line. We all care about it. Prosecuting workers’ compensation and personal injury claims comes with a cost. The cost it takes to try a case, the cost of appeals, the cost of getting and storing medical records and other papers necessary to move…
The Sumwalt Group Wins State Supreme Court Case
On August 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of North Carolina filed its decision in Walker v. K&W Cafeterias, Inc. (No. 99PA19-1), which eliminated a North Carolina workers’ compensation lien from the settlement of a South Carolina Wrongful Death lawsuit. North Carolina workers’ compensation laws provide…
Families File First Wave of COVID-19 Lawsuits Against Companies Over Workers Deaths
On July 30, 2020, the Wall Street Journal published an article about employees (and their families) filing lawsuits against their employers for COVID-19 exposures. The article is at https://apple.news/AqZPQlaT6SQaw3tYrXqDcYA. This article is curious and likely misleading. As a general rule, workers’ compensation laws shield businesses…
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