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• Obtaining a Rental Car after an Accident

  Greg Jones | November 04, 2009 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Clients often come to our office because they are upset the insurance company for the at-fault driver will not rent a car for them after their car is damaged in an accident. They oftentimes ask...

• Baltimore Girl Attacked by Dog

  Shannon Weidemann | January 10, 2008 8:24 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A dog attacked a 9-year-old girl in East Baltimore on Tuesday. The victim is in the hospital where she is being treated for dog bites to her hands, arms, and shoulders. Her condition is unknown. The attack was by a pit-bull type dog. The girl was attacked in the 800 block of Bonaparte Ave. shortly after 6 p.m. The dog wore no collar or tags that would identify it or its owner, Anderson said....

• Who Receives Wrongful Death Proceeds in North Carolina?

  Nathan Hull | September 08, 2008 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Handling estates involving wrongful death proceeds can be somewhat more complex than a standard estate administration. Instead of relying on the law of the State of domicile for all matters it is...

• More Levaquin lawsuits filed.

  Greg Jones | September 22, 2009 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Another person has joined the nearly 150 lawsuits in multi district litigation involving Johnson & Johnson's antibiotic drug Levaquin. An elderly man alleges that Levaquin caused him to suffer a...

• Nine Students Injured In School Bus Accident With Utility Truck

  Chrissie Cole | May 18, 2009 11:42 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A City of High Point utility truck and a school bus were involved in a crash Monday morning that sent several injured students to the hospital, according to a Guilford County Schools...

• Pedestrian Hit by Semi-Truck in Nevada

  Shannon Weidemann | October 08, 2007 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A pedestrian was killed in Nevada after being hit by a semi-truck. The trucking accident happened on Friday evening on Highway 395. The victim was a 41-year-old woman. According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, she was walking on Pine Valley Road about 5:30 p.m. when she ran toward a Schneider Trucking Freightliner.The woman was thrown underneath the rear tires and crushed to death. It is...

• Medical Malpractice Trial Begins Over Gastric Bypass Surgery

  Shannon Weidemann | July 16, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Notre Dame's football coach is back in court for the second trial involving the medical malpractice case he filed against two doctors. He had surgery in 2002 for a gastric bypass. There were complications that required a second surgery and put him into a coma. In opening statements to the jury, Weis's lawyer, Michael Mone, said the doctors acted negligently by allowing Weis to bleed...

• FDA Issues Warning Over Diabetes Drug Byetta

  Greg Jones | November 04, 2009 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about possible kidney problems associated with the use of Byetta, a diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly...

• Mesothelioma caused by Asbestos exposure years ago

  Greg Jones | July 01, 2009 5:58 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Mesothelioma Caused by Asbestos Exposure Years Ago What is Asbestos and what is its relationship to Mesothelioma? It is well known that prolonged exposure to certain substances can have dire...

• Yamaha In Rhino ATV Liability Case

  Greg Jones | September 01, 2009 3:30 PM | 3 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  On Thursday, a Texas jury rejected product liability claims brought by the family of Forest “Eddie” Ray, against Yamaha Motor Corp. USA. Eddie Ray, 13, died in September 2007,while...