Six Die In One Head-On Crash in Transylvania County, NC
In a tragedy that might have been prevented with seat belt use, six people, including three children, were killed in a head-on collision on Sunday in Brevard.
Surgical Error Leads To $3 Million Settlement For South Carolina Family
After three failed trips to the emergency room, a 28-year-old woman died from a twisted intestine. Now, both the doctors involved in the case and the hospital have settled with the family.
Mason County Records Second Fatal Car And Truck Accident in 2009 On US 35
A number of serious car and truck accidents across the state leave three residents dead and more seriously injured. One accident may have involved alcohol.
How Railroads Try To Pay Workers Less on Railroad Case Verdicts by Claiming an Offset for Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Disability Benefits
The new strategy for railroads in railroad worker personal injury cases
(FELA cases), is to try to reduce the sums juries are requiring them to
pay by filing legal motions that ask judges to give them a “setoff” or
“credit” for the amount of money the railroad has paid to the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) for the employer’s portion of RRB Tier II
benefits (paid in the past by the railroad to the RRB).