Workers’ Compensation Papers

These workers’ compensation papers are listed in reverse chronological order, by date of composition. This page was last updated on 1 October 2009.

• UPDATE: How to Prepare for a Workers’ Compensation Hearing, a guide by Deputy Commissioner Chrystal Redding Stanback (2009 PDF version, complete with appendices).
    
• Ethics for the Workers’ Compensation Practitioner by Deputy Commissioner Wanda Blanche Taylor (August 2004).
   
• Responsibilities of Motor Carriers and Owner/Operators Under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act After Enactment of N.C. Gen. Stat. §97-19.1 by former Deputy Commissioner Douglas E. Berger and Chief Deputy Commissioner Stephen T. Gheen (January 2004).
    
• Commentary on the Revised Industrial Commission Rules Concerning Mediation and Neutral Evaluation, Adopted August 20, 1998 by Dispute Resolution Coordinator John C. Schafer (August 1998).
    
• Preparing Contentions and a Proposed Opinion and Award in Workers’ Compensation Cases by Deputy Commissioner J. Brad Donovan (August 2004).
    
• Expediting the N.C. Industrial Commission Dispute Resolution Process by Dispute Resolution Coordinator John C. Schafer (February 1998).
   
•  Primary Issues in Compensation Litigation by former Commissioner J. Randolph Ward (January 1998).