The Law Offices of Bradley H. Smith
North Carolina Workers’ Comp Video Center
Real North Carolina workers’ comp cases, explained by Bradley H. Smith, certified as a specialist in workers’ compensation law by the North Carolina State Bar. Every long-form video has a companion guide you can read, and the short clips published from each video are collected here too.
North Carolina guides
New videos publish every month. Watch on YouTube, then read the guide that goes with it.
Charlotte Workers Compensation Lawyer: The 38% Form 22 Error
One wage form set a client’s weekly check 38% too low. What a Form 22 is, the two errors hiding inside it, and the five-step check to run this week.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Hurt at a New Job in NC? Your Workers’ Comp Rate May Be Wrong
Six weeks into a new job, one word on one form (net instead of gross) cut a client’s rate by 35% for a year. How NC calculates a new employee’s comp rate, and what to check.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Can Workers’ Comp Stop Paying You? 3 Legal Reasons in NC
In an accepted claim that has not reached the 500-week cap, weekly checks can legally stop three ways. When none of them happened, one Form 23 got a client’s case settled within 30 days after seven months of stopped checks.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
More videos coming.
Short clips from the guides
The short versions, cut from the long-form videos above.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Short clips from the Form 23 video will appear here when they post.
Earlier short answers from Brad
Helpful short answers to commonly asked workers’ compensation questions.
Answering Your Questions With Brad
- What is a Permanent Partial Impairment Rating?
- What is Maximum Medical Improvement?
- What is a Medicare set-aside?
- Does testing positive for marijuana after your injury affect your workers’ comp case?
- How is my weekly disability payment calculated?
- Is filing a workers’ comp claim the same as suing your employer?
- Do all employers have to have workers’ comp insurance?
Trivia Tuesdays With Brad
- Deadline for filing a workers’ comp claim in North Carolina
- Misconceptions about workers’ compensation
- Work accident caused by a coworker
- Knowing when your workers’ comp case in North Carolina has been accepted by the insurance company
- Reporting Your Workers’ Comp Claim in Writing
- South Carolina Permanent Partial Disability Factors
Have a specialist check your case
If you’re at stopped checks, a denial, a lowball rate, or an offer with a deadline, that’s no longer a paperwork problem. Talk to a Charlotte workers’ compensation lawyer. Bradley H. Smith is certified as a specialist in workers’ compensation law by the North Carolina State Bar and is licensed in NC and SC. No attorney’s fee unless we recover.
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Last updated: September 1, 2026. Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Case examples are shared with client details anonymized. This page is general information about North Carolina law, not legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every case is different. Talk to a lawyer about yours.