Moore v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-08-0166, 7 pp.) (Staci Meyer, Commissioner) Appealed from an Opinion & Award by Deputy Commissioner Robert J. Harris. I.C. No. 883266 Holding: A female worker was traumatized after a man ...

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Plaintiff was employed full-time and largely self-sufficient prior to the accident, living independently, with no government assistance or services. Plaintiff was working approximately 40 hours per week for a regional grocery chain, but had no health insurance. Plaintiff rode his ...

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Nathaniel Rainey was at a restaurant watching a football game when he received a phone call from a coworker. "Well," the coworker said, "when you come in you need to be very careful because we heard some inmates were planning on shanking you." Rainey immediately left the restaurant and had a panic attack in his car. After the N.C. Department of Correction denied his workers' compensation claim, a deputy commissioner awarded Rainey medical and disability benefits. The commission has upheld the award.

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A 23-year-old male victim of sex abuse by his priest when the victim was 14-15 years old has settled a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. The plaintiff first contacted plaintiff’s counsel in February 2008, and the attorney ...

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The plaintiffs alleged that a special education assistant under the supervision of the special education teacher physically and emotionally abused the minor plaintiff, a nonverbal, severely disabled elementary student, in the school’s self-contained classroom. The plaintiffs specifically alleged that the ...

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