Gregory S. Horner

Gregory S. Horner has more than a decade of legal experience and leads the firm’s workers’ compensation practice in North Carolina. Greg primarily represents self-insured employers, manufacturers, and government entities. He routinely counsels his clients and provides them with effective strategies to reduce their liability exposure. When a claim arises, he handles it from inception through resolution. Greg has lectured on emerging issues in the field, claims investigation, pathology, and treatment of the spine and opioid reduction strategies. He has presented at the North Carolina Bar’s annual Workers’ Compensation Update and at the North Carolina Public Risk Management annual conference.

Before earning his undergraduate and law degrees, Greg served in the United States Army for nine years. He was stationed in Georgia and overseas in South Korea.

Experience Highlights

Workers’ Compensation

•In the Court of Appeals of North Carolina, successfully defended a workers’ compensation death claim brought by a deceased employee’s spouse following his death while operating a company truck

Honors & Awards

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating: AV Preeminent

Community Involvement

•Marshall University Alumni Association: Board of Directors
•Kid’s Chance of North Carolina: Volunteer
•RLS Middle School Moot Court: Co-Instructor
•Wake County Bar’s Lunch With a Lawyer Program: Volunteer
•Fuquay-Varina Girls’ Youth Soccer Team: Coach

Publications & Events

Presentations

•“Acceptance and Denial of Claims in Workers’ Compensation: Investigation and Best Practices” (Co-Presenter), North Carolina Coastal Society for Human Resources Management, Greenville, NC, March 20, 2019
•“An Ounce of Prevention: Assertive Claims Investigation and Handling to Reduce Claims Costs,” North Carolina Public Risk Management Association (NC PRIMA) Conference, Wrightsville Beach, NC, September 11, 2018
•“Opioid Reduction in North Carolina: Using the Expedited Medical Motion Procedure” (Co-Presenter), GS Client Presentation, Greensboro, NC, August 8, 2018
•“The Upper Extremity - Anatomy and Intervention in Workers’ Compensation Claims” (Co-Presenter), GS CE Presentation, July 17, 2018
•“Opioid Reduction in North Carolina: The Opioid Task Force and the New Utilization Rules” (Co-Presenter), GS Client Presentation, Charlotte, NC, June 22, 2018
•“Acceptance and Denial of Claims in Workers’ Compensation: Investigation and Best Practices,” Wilson County Human Resources Association, Wilson, NC, May 29, 2018
•“Acceptance and Denial of Claims in Workers’ Compensation: Investigation and Best Practices” (Co-Presenter), Beaufort County (NC) Society For Human Resources, January 12, 2018
•Opioid Program Lunch-and-Learn, Synergy Coverage Solutions, May 31, 2017

Webinars

•Presenter, “Investigating New Workers’ Compensation Claims in North Carolina” GS Webinar Series, January 15, 2020
•Presenter, “Discovery in North Carolina Workers’ Compensation - What is Really Attainable?” GS Webinar Series, April 17, 2019

Podcasts

•Contributor, “ Public Sector Workers’ Compensation, ” Timely Notice , March 26, 2019

Recent Insights

Appeals Court Upholds Claim Denial in Case of Man Killed Driving Company Truck Home

April 9, 2019

Triangle Business Journal Notes Goldberg Segalla's Growth in Raleigh, North Carolina

July 13, 2018

Goldberg Segalla Opens Raleigh Office, Answering Growing Demand in South Atlantic

June 22, 2018

Goldberg Segalla Expands Workers' Compensation Team in Greensboro

August 22, 2016