Farrin Law Blog

Jun 23, 2023

Can You Collect Disability and Workers’ Comp?

When you suffer a disabling work-related injury or occupational illness, your situation can get very difficult, very fast. The paycheck you depend on stops coming. Meanwhile, you may have medical expenses until your workers' compensation...

Supportive hands clasp over the Social Security Compassionate Allowances List

Jun 22, 2023

What Is the Compassionate Allowances List?

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are programs run by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that are intended to provide financial assistance to people with disabilities who cannot work. Unfortunately, wait...

Injured woman with her arm in a sling using a pen to fill out paper work on a table.

Jun 22, 2023

How to Find the Right Car Accident Lawyer

One of the most important things to do after you have been injured in a car accident is to find a trustworthy attorney who can help you through the ordeal. It's often a confusing and...

Jun 22, 2023

South Carolina Permanent Partial and Total Disability

This article refers to permanent impairments in South Carolina If you are located in North Carolina, please click here. Nobody wants to get hurt on the job. Unfortunately, workplace injuries are a hazard...

A doctor holding the bandaged arm of an injured worker.

Jun 14, 2023

What Not to Say to Your Workers’ Comp Doctor: 4 Things to Avoid

Workers' compensation provides medical care and lost wages to eligible workers who are hurt on-the-job. However, the workers' comp system is complicated, and it involves many parties all trying to protect their own interests, including...

Two motorcyclists on a dark and narrow forest road.

Jun 13, 2023

NC Highway Ranks as a “Top 10 Most Dangerous Road”

11 Miles, 318 Curves [caption id="attachment_6866" align="alignright" width="280"] This aerial view of the “Tail of the Dragon” offers a glimpse of its potential to cause catastrophe.[/caption] Not all high rankings are cause for celebration. North...

Young boy sleeping in his car seat in the back of a car.

May 17, 2023

Children Killed by Drunk Drivers (stats)

When you hear the phrase “drunk driver,” the picture in your mind is probably a 20 or 30-something-year-old stumbling out of a bar and into the driver’s seat of a car late at night. And...

Aerial view of the US 29 and NC 24 intersection in Charlotte, NC.

May 15, 2023

10 Most Dangerous Intersections in NC

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....

Bright headlights on a car shining in the dark fog.

May 15, 2023

Compensation for Reckless Driving in South Carolina

Being in a wreck due to someone else’s negligence is bad enough, especially if you or a person you love gets hurt. But sometimes the at-fault party’s driving behavior is so bad that it goes...

James Scott Farrin law offices highlights dangerous roads with potholes in Greensboro.

May 12, 2023

Which Greensboro Roads Can be Dangerous?

Every town and city has them. They’re the intersections, roadways, merge sites, or construction zones that locals try to avoid like a root canal. At best, these sites can be a nuisance. At worst, they...