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• Skitching Teenager Ends Up With Brain Injury

  Shannon Weidemann | January 22, 2007 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A 14-year-old boy is recovering from a serious brain injury he received after he fell while riding a skateboard while hanging onto a car. This dangerous activity goes by the name of skitching. Alex Hanson is recovering at Tampa General Hospital. He is a student at Charlotte High School. He was skitching at the 13000 block of Orchid Drive in Punta Gorda when he sustained the life threatening...

• Apex Environmental Quality Lawsuit Filed

  Staff Writer | October 09, 2006 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  What is believed to be the first lawsuit against Environmental Quality in the wake of the chemical fire at the Apex, NC plant was filed Friday before the plaintiffs even returned to their home. The hazardous waste plant caught on fire Thursday night and forced over half of the cities residents to evacuate."To look out and see flames in my backyard, it scared me to death. It was repeated, boom,...

• Expert Witness Vindicated by North Carolina Appeals Court

  Staff Writer | June 07, 2006 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  The North Carolina Court of Appeals has reinstated the medical license of a Miami, Florida neurosurgeon who had been disciplined by the North Carolina Medical Board for his testimony on behalf of the plaintiffs in a medical malpractice case. The court's decision reversed the findings of the Board and the Wake County trial court, both of which had decided that Dr. Gary Lustgarten's North...

• Support the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006

  Staff Writer | June 06, 2006 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Tampa injury lawyer Bob Carroll, a fellow InjuryBoard blogger, brought my attention to a letter from Susan Connors, President of the Brain Injury Association of America. Susan asks readers to support the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act of 2006 by contacting their representatives and asking them to become co-sponsors of the act. She also requests readers send the Congressional Brain Injury Task...

• Do You Really Need That Invasive Procedure?

  Staff Writer | June 02, 2006 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Consumer Reports offers a list of 12 invasive surgeries you may be better off without - meaning there may be safer, successful alternatives. Among them, weight-loss surgery, hysterectomy, and wisdon tooth extraction.Such overuse typically arises when surgeons don't keep up with the research and either perform discredited operations or do proven procedures in inappropriate patients, embrace...

• Great Tip For Workers Injured On The Job

  Staff Writer | May 25, 2006 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Tony Rosasco at The Disabled Worker Law blog is compiling a Top 10 List for workers injured on the job. While many of Tony's tips focus on the state of New York, tip number three applies to all states: Don't Talk to the Insurance Company and Don't Sign Authorizations.Tony offers a strongly worded warning:Within a few days of learning of your work related accident, the insurance company claims...

• Illinois Woman Wins $2.5 Million in Wrongful Death Case

  Shannon Weidemann | September 09, 2007 9:33 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A woman sued the man believed to be responsible for the murder of her husband for wrongful death. Criminal charges have not been filed in the murder case. The murder happened in Bartonville, Illinois in 2000. The defendant in the case did not show up in court and the judge ruled that he was liable. Kyle Harrell was shot and killed on a remote road.Authorities believe Harrell's business...

• Hazardous Substance on Charles River Causes Explosion

  Shannon Weidemann | September 07, 2007 10:13 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Volunteers were out on the Charles River on Thursday cleaning debris and trash out of the water and from the shoreline. Three of the volunteers were hurt when an item they brought into the boat exploded. One of the volunteers said the hazardous substance looked like styrofoam. State Police chemists were testing the substance, but officials said they do not believe it was placed along the...

• Hazardous Material Spills on Road in Monterey

  Shannon Weidemann | August 10, 2007 3:25 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A barrel fell off of a truck in Monterey by the intersection of Washington Street and Del Monte Avenue. It left a an unknown powder on the street. The Salinas Fire Department Haz-mat team was brought in to assess the situation and clean up the scene. The hazardous substance spill happened on Friday morning. The powder came from a barrel off a truck, and hazardous material reponders...

• Greensboro Car Accident Kills National Guard Member

  Shannon Weidemann | July 28, 2007 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A man that spent six years in the Marines and one year in the North Carolina National Guard was killed in a car accident while on his way to a drill in Morrisville. No other vehicles were involved in the accident. The 29-year-old man was the only person in his car and no one else was hurt. The National Guard says Lynch was traveling to a drill at the 130th Aviation Regiment in Morrisville,...