Everyone knows car, truck and motorcycle crashes can break bones, inflict traumatic brain injuries and end lives. Pedestrians and bike riders are particularly at risk for incurring the most-debilitating and fatal injuries, but drivers and passengers certainly suffer life-altering and life-ending consequences from collisions. Soft tissue injuries are actually the most common problems for crash…
A longer discussion of the provisions of the Safety Appliance Act (SAA) and how attorneys who represent railroad workers who suffer injuries or die on the job appears elsewhere on this website. Click here to go to “Applying the Safety Appliance Act Can Help Injured Railroad Workers Succeed With Claims for Compensation.” The SAA became…
A tragic home elevator accident that killed a 7-year-old boy could have been prevented if a simple repair had been made. The young victim and his family were vacationing at a Corolla, North Carolina Airbnb when the horrific incident occurred. According to information released by law enforcement, the young victim became pinned between the elevator…
Our North Carolina personal injury law firm has written countless articles about the potential for long-term and permanent health issues caused by injuries sustained in vehicle accidents. None of those articles comes close to demonstrating just how devastating these effects can be than the tragic death of a North Carolina volunteer firefighter. In March 2007,…
Three teenagers suffered serious injuries when the SUV in which they were riding ran off the road in Hertford County, North Carolina (NC). The single-vehicle crash, which also killed the 18-year-old driver, happened a little after 11 pm on July 13, 2021. NC Highway Patrol troopers responded to the crash scene near the intersection of…