A head-on collision in Perquimans County, North Carolina (NC), left a 71-year-old man dead and the other driver facing felony charges. The deadly crash happened east of the town of Hertford on the afternoon of January 17, 2022, and State Highway Patrol investigators believe drug or alcohol use played a role. Emergency personnel responded to…
Distracted driving is a major threat to road safety and there is no bigger distraction than cell phones. Far too many people are texting behind the wheel of a vehicle and the results can be disastrous. At Shapiro, Appleton, Washburn & Sharp, we represent victims who have been injured in car accidents caused by distracted…
A 29-year-old Virginia woman was killed over Labor Day weekend in an Outer Banks boating accident. According to a spokesperson from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Law Enforcement, the incident happened around 2 p.m. in Hatteras Inlet near the ferry dock on the north end of Ocracoke Island. The woman was in a rented boat that…
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,…
The driver of a scooter was seriously injured when the driver of an SUV failed to yield at an intersection and crashed into the scooter. The SUV driver pulled onto Highway 11 in Duplin County, attempting to get back onto Interstate 40. The driver of the scooter was traveling east on Highway 11 when the…