Blog Posts in 2012
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Posted on May 18, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Attorney
DePuy Orthopedics has recently come under a lot of scrutiny for the allegations that have been made against the company alleging that its ASR hip replacement, model number 2197, as well as the ...
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Posted on May 17, 2012 By Katelin Shenberger
The death of a Wright State University student in 2008 is now up for legal investigation, as a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the parents of N. Conner who killed himself on March 21, 2008. ...
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Posted on May 17, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
The mother of a slain daughter has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man responsible for taking her child's life. She is asking for over $30 million in damages on behalf of her daughter ...
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Posted on May 16, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
An oil spill caused by a container ship in 2007 is now being blamed on the use of prescription drugs. The owners of the container ship are suing the pharmacist, whom they say was negligent, in ...
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Posted on May 15, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
A man responsible for taking the life of another last year entered a guilty plea last week in the state of North Carolina. Now, he could be given up to twenty years behind bars for charges of leaving ...
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Posted on May 10, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
In the city of Milwaukee, reports indicate that a 26-year-old woman was detained by police after she caused an auto accident and fled the scene of the crash, which is illegal in the state of ...
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Posted on May 10, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
New York's Guilderland Center Nursing Home has been inspected by the state and cited for 52 separate deficiencies in only the past three years. This staggering number is more than double that of ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
In Gaston County, North Carolina, local news sources have reported that a truck accident led to serious delays on Interstate 85. During the collision, a tractor trailer overturned, causing the highway ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Attorney
Around 9:30 p.m. on May 7, 2012, an 18-year-old driver operating his vehicle at 80 mph crashed into the lawn of a home in Angier. The daughter of the homeowner said the car lost control after going ...
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Posted on May 8, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
There are times when people suffer injuries while visiting another person's property. When this happens, it is legally referred to as a premises liability accident. An example of such an accident ...
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Posted on May 3, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
Two fatal car accidents took place within hours of one another in western North Carolina last week. Police are still investigating both incidents and are speaking with family and friends about the ...
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Posted on May 2, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of a teenage girl that may have been a hate crime. Four months ago the victim, 16-year-old J.T., was killed while visiting with her friend ...
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Posted on May 1, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
Alcohol does not seem to be a factor in a crash that took the life of one person last week. When police arrived at the scene of the fatal auto accident , they found the passenger dead in the car while ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
Another incidence of nursing home abuse made headlines last week. News sources say that a nursing home aide has been detained after being accused of holding a pillow over a patient's face. ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
Police in the state of North Carolina are still investigating a truck accident that took the life of a man last week. The big rig driver lost control of his vehicle on a busy highway and crashed onto ...
Continue reading "Truck Accident Kills 31-Year-Old Driver" »
Posted on Apr 24, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
A recent government study confirms some peoples' belief that older female drivers are more prone to make certain mistakes behind the wheel. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
Two men are lucky to be alive after their aircraft experienced technical difficulties. News sources say that both were able to safely eject themselves before the high performance craft crashed into an ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
When a teenager is given a license, it can be an exciting time for the child but a scary time for the parents. With such limited experience on the road, teenagers are more likely to get into auto ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
Both men and women can become victims of sexual abuse , a fact that the Alliance Against Family Violence knows all too well. In order to raise awareness about sexual abuse at home, at work and at ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
An event at a North Carolina racetrack led to the death of two motorcycle riders and the hospitalization of another. The crash was witnessed by 62,000 people who attended the race last weekend. ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
Despite what the state government knows about businesses evading a particular law, relatively nothing has been done to crack down on these companies. When it comes to workers' compensation claims, ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
It took several hours for police and emergency road crews to clear up an accident in North Carolina last week. A tractor trailer carrying a load of sulfuric acid overturned, causing an hours-long ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Attorney
Residents of a local Virginia Beach apartment complex were the unfortunate victims of a navy jet crash that collided directly into the apartments, leveling several of the complex's buildings. ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
A recent study found that female teenage drivers are more likely to be distracted behind the wheel than their male counterparts. This information was based on six months of recorded data observing the ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
A man that killed two bicyclists last year stands trial this month. He faces several years behind bars if he is found guilty of the charges filed against him. T.G. has been accused of second-degree ...
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