On April 30, Cranfill Sumner LLP hosted its 2025 Risk Management & Workers’ Compensation Legal Summit.
The virtual summit featured sessions led by attorneys from the firm’s Risk Management and Workers’ Compensation Practice Group and provided timely updates to North Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation laws and most pressing issues.
The sessions included:
- Short- and Long-Term Claim Handling Objectives when Denying Compensability led by Charles Hicks and Alisha Harris
- Slippin’, Trippin’, and Fallin’: What Constitutes an Injury by Accident? led by Amy Pfeiffer and Brad Kline
- The Kluttz-Ellison Decision and Medical Causation led by Buck Copeland and David Rhoades
- 2025 Case Law Update led by Scott Fuller and Jamie Black
- Issues and Trends in Workers’ Compensation Claims Handling Panel discussion moderated by Nick Valaoras
