Farrin Law Blog

Car accidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers. When teen drivers have other passengers in the car, the risk of a fatal car crash doubles. And teenagers are more prone to have a...

When you are injured at work – and unable to return to work as a result – you are typically entitled to ongoing weekly workers’ compensation checks to replace your lost income. In North Carolina,...

Nicholas Tessener, personal injury attorney at James Scott Farrin, shared his hopes and expectations for the House Select Committee on Community Relations, Law Enforcement, and Justice in its inaugural meeting on Wednesday, September 2, 2020.​ Nicholas is one of...

It is a Monday morning. Everyone is coming off the weekend – some are eager to start the week, speeding along. Others are overtired and distracted, not quite giving their full attention to the road....

If you are like most North Carolinians, you count down the days until you can be relaxing on a beach or lake having fun in the sun. What most people don’t dream of is being...

Being involved in a car accident is stressful enough, and when your child is also in the car, the situation can be even scarier. We all want to protect our children from danger, but in...

When a worker is injured on the job, Workers’ Compensation is supposed to kick in and replace the earnings he or she is missing due to the injury. But how much does Workers’ Comp cover?...

Workers’ Compensation claims in North Carolina are a matter of process. The process for Charles, our fictional injured worker, has just begun. As we proceed, we’ll show how the process differs with and without an...

Hurt at work? Most North Carolina workers have no idea how the Workers’ Compensation system functions. Once they’ve suffered an injury, they’re at the mercy of a process they do not understand. So how does...

Settlements in workers’ compensation cases are very different than settlements in other kinds of personal injury matters. It is important to understand why. Many people assume that when they get hurt at work, workers’ compensation...