The North Carolina Industrial Commission’s Compliance and Fraud Investigative Decision recently reported that it collected more than $8 million in workers’ compensation fraud penalties for the 2017 to 2018 fiscal year, which marked a 465% increase of the previous fiscal year. These fraud penalties arise from more than 696 criminal […]

In July 2018, Kimberly Ann Sutton, from the New Bern area, defrauded the state out of $64,000 in workers’ compensation benefits by continuing to work after claiming she was injured. An investigation by the North Carolina Industrial Commission revealed false information on two of her workers’ compensation forms. According to […]

Adrienne Harris, a mother of three from Charlotte, is fighting against the $500,000 cap on medical malpractice lawsuits set by North Carolina’s General Assembly after surgery on her fallopian tubes caused her to lose her hands and feet. Harris’ attorney argues that the doctor made many mistakes during the surgery, […]