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Workers' Compensation News

For basic workers' compensation information, see the N.C. Industrial Commission's annual Bulletin and FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions documents) for Employees, Business and Industry, Employers, Insurers, and Medical Providers.

This page was last updated 27 June 2008.

Bankruptcies, Liquidations, and Rehabilitations

LATEST: Casualty Reciprocal Exchange. NCIC memos on bankruptcies, liquidations, and rehabilitations include: Burlington Industries, Casualty Reciprocal Exchange, CMI Industries (revised), Cone Mills Corporation (revised), Consolidated Freightways Corp., Galey & Lord, Inc., P.H. Glatfelter/RFS Ecusta (revised), GRIT, Guilford Mills, Inc., Harriet & Henderson Yarns, Inc., Home Insurance Company (revised), Jannock Ltd., Kmart, Legion Insurance Company (revised), Oakwood Homes, PHICO Insurance Company, Pillowtex, Inc., Polymer Group, Inc./Dominion Yarn, Reciprocal of America (revised), Reliance Insurance Company, This End Up, TIC United Corp., United Airlines, US Airways Group (revised), Villanova Insurance Company (revised), Wellington Leisure Products, and WestPoint Stevens, Inc.

Progress on the Recovery Effort

Beginning January 2007, the Industrial Commission implemented an interim solution to electronically capture all documents in progress within the department and those secured by the Necessary Procedure Changes.

The progress of this recovery is outlined here:

  • The restoration effort has captured approximately 1,587,000 documents stored in the original Electronic Document Management System. 
     
  • Approximately 2,408,000 documents are being extracted from the optical repository.
     
  • The Industrial Commission will continue to send recovered documents to the interim solution as they become available.
     
  • As of April 1, 2008, there have been 4,951,399 documents scanned and stored in the interim solution. 
     
  • The Industrial Commission will continue to send new documents electronically to the interim solution as they are received

The Industrial Commission is currently executing a project that will replace the original Electronic Document Management System.  The estimated date for this implementation is Fall 2008.

Necessary Procedural Changes

Until the Commission can ensure that all EDMS files can be accessed, the following will apply:

1.      In submitting compromise settlement agreements, plaintiff’s counsel, if any, shall affirmatively disclose if there was a prior counsel in the case who has made a claim for attorney fees and identify that counsel.

The individual reviewing the agreement on behalf of the Commission will communicate by telephone with counsel if there are questions that need to be answered, including information from previous filings in the claim.

2.      For all new submissions of Form 21/26, please submit packets with all the supporting documents or forms previously filed with the Commission (i.e., Form 28, Form 28T, Form 60, and/or 62; disfigurement letters; etc.).

3.      For all requests for attorney fees filed with Claims Administration Section of the Industrial Commission, the petitioning counsel should file a copy of the a) contract, b) Commission Form(s) or other documentation that the claim has been accepted, c) request for the fee and d) proposed order approving the fee.

4.      Counsel appearing in hearings before the Deputy Commissioner Section must provide the Deputy assigned to the case with a copy of all Forms or documents filed in the case that should be considered by the Deputy in reaching a determination of the issues. The documents should be submitted with the Pre-Trial Agreement

For the present, the Commission is unable to provide copies of any documents from most active claim files. We encourage counsel to request such documents from opposing counsel.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

13th Annual N.C. Workers’ Compensation
Educational Conference

The N.C. Industrial Commission will hold its 13th Annual North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference on Monday-Wednesday, October 13-15, 2008, at The Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham, NC (near Research Triangle Park). (Note: This is not the normal Wednesday-Friday schedule.) Click to view PDF versions of the complete conference brochure or just the agenda, the conference registration form, and/or the sponsor registration form. Click to view last year's program. For more information, please telephone Jeanne Bush at the International Workers’ Compensation Foundation office at (386) 677-0041; fax (386) 677-0155; e-mail iwcf@bellsouth.net; or write the International Workers’ Compensation Foundation, 570 Memorial Circle, Suite 320, Ormond Beach, FL 32174. To telephone the Sheraton toll free, dial (800) 325-3535; or dial direct (919) 941-5050 or fax (919) 941-5156.

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