Jeffrey T. Linder

Achievements

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© in Workers’ Compensation Law–Employers (2019 – 2025)
• AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell

Activities

• ALFA International
  • Workers’ Compensation Practice Group, Chairman (2009-2011)
• North Carolina Bar Association
  • Workers’ Compensation Section Council Member (2008-2011)
  • Labor & Employment Section
• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
• Defense Research Institute
• Edenton Street United Methodist Church, Member
• Wake County Boys & Girls Clubs
  • Annual Fundraising Campaign, Chair (2012)

Publications & Presentations

• Remote/Hybrid Work, presented at ALFA International Workers’ Compensation Seminar, Savannah, GA, September 2021
• Wearable Devices, presented at ALFA International Workers’ Compensation Seminar, Phoenix  AZ, October 2018
• Changing Employee Demographics, presented at ALFA International Workers’ Compensation Seminar, Austin TX, March 2017

Milestones

• Successfully defended an employer from an employee’s allegation that his lung cancer was caused by low level gamma radiation exposure during his employment.
• Negotiated a favorable settlement on behalf of a Raleigh company alleged to have interfered with the contract of a competitor’s employee, and on behalf of the newly hired employee in defense of a claim for breach of a Non-Compete Agreement.  Settlement allowed the company to continue to enjoy the benefits of the new employee’s services while also obtaining a release of any liability for the alleged breaches.
• Obtained a temporary restraining order in a matter of extreme urgency to protect confidential trade secrets when management-level employees of a Raleigh company left to set up a competing business. Subsequently, the parties agreed to a period of non-competition and the return of sensitive information including the cleansing of data storage devices, saving the company from competition by people previously entrusted with its well-being.
• Successfully defended a production worker’s claim for a cumulative trauma disorder, alleged to be an occupational disease under the Workers’ Compensation Act.
• Successfully defended, in Guilford County Superior Court, an attempt to extinguish a workers’ compensation lien on an employee’s settlement from a third-party tortfeasor, thereby reducing workers’ compensation costs for the employer.

Reported Cases:

• Whicker v. Compass Group USA, Inc., 369 N.C. 69, 793 S.E.2d 2258 (2016)
• Collins v. Seaton Corp. 240 N.C.App. 602, 772 S.E.2d 874 (2015)
• Spears v. Betsy Johnson Memorial Hosp. 210 N.C. App. 716, 708 S.E.2d 315 (2011)
• Reid v. Hospira, Inc., 210 N.C. App. 759, 711 S.E.2d 531 (2011)
• Hawkins v. General Electric Co., 199, N.C. App. 245, 683 S.E.2d 385 (2009)
• Golds v. Ryder Integrated Logistics, 184 N.C.App. 757, 646 S.E.2d 864 (2007)
• Legette v. Scotland Memorial Hospital, 181 N.C. App. 437, 640 S.E.2d 744 (2007)
• McMillan v. General Electric Co.,. 180 N.C. App. 237, 636 S.E. 2d 340 (2006)
• Butner v. Piedmont Triad Homes, Inc., 177 N.C. App. 462, 628 S.E.2d 867 (2006)
• Spears v. Betsy Johnson Mem. Hosp., 177 N.C. App. 148, 627 S.E.2d 684 (2006)
• Roberts v. Mills Mfg. Corp., 174 N.C. App. 625, 621 S.E.2d 340 (2005)
• Bursell v. General Electric Co., 172 N.C. App. 73, 616 S.E. 2d 342 (2005)
• Shoffner v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 165 N.C. App. 905, 602 S.E.2d 727 (2005)
• Springer v. McNutt Service Group, Inc., 160 N.C. App. 574, 586 S.E.2d 554 (2003)
• Suttles v. Southeastern Health Facilities, 157 N.C. App. 143, 578 S.E.2d 326 (2003)
• Pollock v. Waspco Corp., 148 N.C. App. 381, 559 S.E.2d 567 (2002)
• Allen v. Roberts Elec. Contr., 143 N.C. App. 55, 546 S.E.2d 133 (2001)
• Calhoun v. Wayne Dennis Heating & Air Conditioning, 129 N.C. App. 794, 501 S.E. 2d 346 (1998)

Disclaimer: The above information may not necessarily reflect the attorney’s entire record, and the outcome of any particular future matter cannot be predicated on the attorney’s or law firm’s past results.