Blog Posts in March, 2011
Posted on Mar 31, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
The death of a 55-year-old man in New Mexico has been ruled an accident by local authorities. Larry Armstrong was discovered unconscious on a road on Navajo Nation land near Gallup being attacked by a ...
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Posted on Mar 30, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
North Carolina joins other states in banning teens from using cell phones while driving, and bans everyone else from texting or responding to emails while driving. Now the state hopes to go further to ...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
A new bill regarding medical malpractice suits is actively being opposed by medical groups that hope to avoid frivolous and excessive lawsuits. Under current law a medical malpractice lawsuit can be ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
While visiting her mother in a nursing home Phyllis Baker alleges that she suffered injuries from a slip and fall accident. Baker filed a lawsuit in the Harris County District Court this week against ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
In the state of North Carolina you are considered a Level 2 license holder if you have had your license for less than 6 months and are under the age of 18. In addition, you are not allowed to drive ...
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Posted on Mar 17, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
Another sexual abuse suit has been filed against the Catholic church, this time in Delaware by a man molested many years ago. Frank Finnegan claims that he was sexually assaulted by a priest while ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
NASCAR fans were saddened to hear that two racing team members were severely injured or killed in a car accident last week. A weekend car crash led to the death of Dean Shaut and the injury of Stephen ...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
After falling down a staircase to her eventual death, the family of 89-year-old Carrie Delay is now seeking legal action. Delay was a resident at the Motion Picture & Television Fund's nursing ...
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Posted on Mar 10, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
After a grand jury report was released last month, 21 priests were names for alleged sexual abuse. According to Cardinal Justin Rigali, the archbishop of Philadelphia, the priests will not be working ...
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Posted on Mar 9, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
Police are now studying the surveillance camera footage showing the attack of an elderly woman in a nursing home. According to CBS 2's Josh Landis the video is impossible to understand and hard to ...
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Posted on Mar 8, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
An accident involving a school bus took the lives of four people last Tuesday in Brunswick County. At this time the identities of the victims have not been released to the media. However, Sheriff John ...
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Posted on Mar 3, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
Authorities found a former pediatrician shot near his home last week by his own hand. Melvin Levine, 70, was at the center of an investigation for medical malpractice in which he had been accused of ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
After a sheriff shot a young man while on duty, the parents of that young man are now suing for wrongful death . On July 24th Sheriff Ewell Hunt responded to a call at a home in Franklin County where ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
When a young ballerina lost her life the community rallied to convict the man responsible for her untimely death. The jury overhearing the case of Raymond Cook convicted him of involuntary ...
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