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Charlotte Multi- Truck Crash May Have Been Caused by Drowsy FedEx Trucker

Posted on March 11, 2009
In Charlotte, three people sustained injuries on Wednesday when a Fedex truck collided with a tractor-trailer and another truck on I-85 close to Ikea Boulevard. According to troopers, who are still investigating the cause of the North Carolina truck collision, the FedEx trucker may have fallen asleep while driving...

US Supreme Court Upholds Patient?s Right to Sue Drug Maker for Dangerous Drug Even if it Has FDA Approval

Posted on March 05, 2009

North Carolina Bus Accident Sends Students to the Hospital After Car Goes Under Bus

Posted on March 03, 2009

North Carolina Bus Accident Sends Students to the Hospital for Treatment of Minor Injuries After Car Goes Under the Bus

Posted on March 03, 2009

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North Carolina Motorcyclist is Seriously Injured After Car Driver Fails to Yield the Right of Way on UNC-Charlotte Campus

Posted on February 25, 2009
In Charlotte, North Carolina, a motorcycle rider sustained serious injuries when his vehicle collided with a car on the UNC-Charlotte campus. According to campus officials, the car hit the motorcycle after failing to yield. The Charlotte motorcyclist, who is a UNCC student, had to be pulled from under the vehicle...

71-Year-Old Motorist Charged with Felony Hit-and-Run in North Carolina Pedestrian Accident Death

Posted on February 23, 2009
In Pender Couny, North Carolina, a senior driver has been charged with felony hit and run in the death of a 30-year-old substitute teacher. According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Amy Suzanne Kornegay was struck by a pickup truck on February 9 while walking along a road...

South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict Awards Parents Over $4 Million for Baby?s Brain Injury

Posted on February 17, 2009
A South Carolina jury says Piedmont Medical Center must pay the family of Sierra Wilson $4.4 million for medical malpractice. Wilson, who was born on November 18, 2003, sustained a serious brain injury due to lack of oxygen during delivery. She died from cerebral palsy-related complications three months later...

Greensboro Spa Patient Wins $500,000 North Carolina Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Alternative Medicine Spa

Posted on February 11, 2009
A 38-year-old Greensboro woman won a $500,000 judgment against an alternative medicine spa that she sued for North Carolina personal injury. Shirleen Sifford says she sustained a serious blood infection nearly two years ago after she was treated at Altmed of the Triad for a procedure to reduce fat in her stomach...

Another Teenager Dies in North Carolina Traffic Accident

Posted on February 06, 2009
In Henderson County, a 16-year-old driver died on Tuesday when the vehicle he was driving went off the road and hit a tree. According to North Carolina Highway Police, Travis Sain was driving approximately 50mph in a 40mph zone. Another teenager who was riding in the car with him was transported to Mission Hospital...

Ban Painkiller Darvon, Says Food and Drug Administration Advisory Panel

Posted on February 02, 2009
In a 14-12 vote, an advisory panel for the Food and Drug Administration is recommending a ban on the prescription drug Darvon. The painkiller has been used for over 50 years. First approved in 1957, Darvon is one of the 25 most commonly prescribed medicines...

Spinal Fractures From Motor Vehicle Accidents Can Be Prevented if Seat Belts are Used Along with Air Bags, Says New Research

Posted on January 28, 2009
The chances of a motor vehicle occupant sustaining a spinal fracture decreases if the driver or front side passenger is wearing a seat belt and riding in a car equipped with air bags. This information comes from research gathered from records of over 20,000 auto accident victims who received medical attention at Wisconsin hospitals after t auto collisions that occurred between 1994 and 2002...

National Safety Council Wants All US States to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving

Posted on January 23, 2009
The National Safety Council wants US lawmakers to push for a nationwide ban of all cell phone use while driving. The NSC says that even hands-free devices are a distraction to drivers, who should be focusing all of their attention on the road and in the vehicle and not on a phone or text messaging conversation going on with someone who is elsewhere...

Family of Lenoir-Rhyne University Student Killed in Fraternity Activity Intends to File North Carolina Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on January 19, 2009
The relatives of Harrison Kowiak, a 19-year-old Lenoir-Rhyne University student who died after getting hurt during what they are calling a fraternity hazing activity, say they plan to file a North Carolina wrongful death lawsuit. Kowiak died in November while pledging to join the Theta Chi Fraternity...

City of Charlotte, North Carolina Sued for Wrongful Death From Falling Tree Accident Tree

Posted on January 12, 2009
The family of Kay Plyler, the 53-year-old woman who died last year after a tree fell on her car, is suing the city of Charlotte for wrongful death. The civil lawsuit contends that the tree was a public hazard that should have been removed. The North Carolina premises liability accident happened on March 8, 2008, when a tree, located close to the corner of East and Asheville Place, fell on Plyler?s black SUV...

North Carolina City of Raleigh Will Pay Truck Accident Victim $1.1 Personal Injury Settlement

Posted on January 08, 2009
The city of Raleigh has agreed to settle a North Carolina truck accident lawsuit filed by plaintiff Nirali Manish Dubal against the city and truck driver Gerardo Gomez Hurtado. The personal injury accident occurred on January 3, 2007 when Dubal, in a Toyota Camry, was struck during a head-on collision with a recycling truck driven by Hurtado...

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Defective Duragesic Pain Patches

Posted on January 05, 2009
Johnson & Johnson is announcing the recall of two lots of Duragesic pain patches. The recall, by its PriCara Division, is being issued because tears in the patches could expose users to the product?s gel and may result in an overdose. The recalled patches were made by ALZA Corp...

Motor Vehicle Accidents Continue to be the #1 Killer of Children, Says World Health Organization

Posted on December 29, 2008
The World Health Organization has released its World Report on Child Injury Prevention. Among its findings is that motor vehicle deaths continue to be the leading cause of child fatalities. Almost a million children die around the globe annually because of accidental injuries, many of which are preventable...

119 North Carolina Nursing Homes Receive 1-Star Rating, Says Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Posted on December 22, 2008
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), out of the 419 North Carolina nursing homes that are Medicare and/or Medicaid certified, 119 of them received 1-star ratings for the quality they provide residents. 68 North Carolina nursing homes were awarded 2-stars...

Charlotte Construction Worker?s Death is Third Work Accident Involving Wachovia Project in a Month

Posted on December 15, 2008
A North Carolina construction worker died on December 2 after he was struck by a tool that fell from the 11th Floor in an elevator shaft located in the Wachovia tower. Jonathan Beatty, an elevator installer employed by Thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp., was 24...

FMCSA Approves New Rule Targeting Medically Unfit Truck and Bus Drivers

Posted on December 09, 2008
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has approved a new rule requiring that the licenses and medical examination certificates of bus drivers and commercial truckers be combined in a single electronic record. This will make it easier to determine whether drivers meet the medical criteria to drive a commercial vehicle...

North Carolina Inspectors Say Patient Abuse and Neglect Make Butner Mental Hospital Unsafe

Posted on December 03, 2008
A North Carolina mental hospital in Butner is considered unsafe for patients. North Carolina inspectors who had evaluated the conditions and quality of care at Central Regional Hospital say their findings show an ?immediate jeopardy? identification. This means that the hospital?s patients could be in imminent danger if the problems that were identified are not remedied...

North Carolina Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Winston-Salem Traffic Accident that Killed 7-Year-Old Bicyclist is Settled with Two of the Defendants

Posted on December 01, 2008
In North Carolina, two of the four defendants named in the wrongful death lawsuit involving 7-year-old Joshua Beckles-Palomares have reached settlement agreements with the boy?s parents. Joshua died in a Winston-Salem motor vehicle accident on May 20, 2006 while riding his bicycle...

Former News Anchor Tolly Carr Settles North Carolina Wrongful Death Lawsuit with Family of Man Killed in Drunk Driving Accident

Posted on November 24, 2008
In North Carolina, former WXII News anchor Tolly Car has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of the man he fatally struck during a 2007 drunk driving accident in Winston-Salem. Carr is currently serving a 25 ? 29 month prison sentence for his role in the deadly motor vehicle crash...

3 North Carolina Hospital Workers Fired for Neglect of Mental Patient Who Was Left in Chair Without Being Fed For Nearly 24 Hours

Posted on November 20, 2008
In North Carolina, officials have fired three workers at the Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro over the death of a 50-year-old mental patient. Roanoke Rapids resident Steven H. Sabock?s death made the headlines earlier this year because of surveillance footage showing hospital workers neglecting him for almost 24 hours while he sat slumped in a chair...

12-Year-Old North Carolina Boy is in Critical Condition Following Greensboro Drunk Driver Accident

Posted on November 17, 2008
In North Carolina, a 12-year-old Greensboro boy is in critical but stable condition after a drunk driver hit him last Tuesday afternoon. Drew Gardner and Taylor Rhynehardt were playing near a creek bed when a van, driven by Michael Charles Parks, rolled through a stop sign and drove through 40 yards of wood before striking Gardner and then crashing into a tree...

Speeding May Have Been the Cause of Deadly North Carolina Accident that Left Three People Dead and Another Person in Critical Condition

Posted on November 10, 2008
A deadly North Carolina motor vehicle crash that occurred outside Lillington on Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Shady Grove Road and N.C. 210 has left three young people dead and one adult with serious injuries. According to State Highway Patrol, excessive speeding may have been the cause of the multi-vehicle crash...

Mother Sues Daughter?s Husband for Wrongful Death in North Carolina

Posted on November 07, 2008
In North Carolina, the mother of a pregnant Wake County woman who was murdered in her house two years ago is suing her daughter?s husband for wrongful death. Michelle Young?s body was discovered in a pool of blood in her Raleigh home on November 3, 2006...

Family of 18-Year-Old Shot by Police During 2006 Home Raid Sues University of North Carolina Wilmington for Wrongful Death

Posted on November 02, 2008
The family of 18-year-old Peyton Strickland is suing the University of North Carolina Wilmington and its police department for his wrongful death. Peyton died in December 2006 when he was shot through the door of his rental residence by armed police officers who arrived at his home after they received inaccurate information about him...

Multi-Vehicle Accident involving Tanker Truck Leaves Five North Carolina Residents Dead and Two Others Injured in Harnett County

Posted on October 27, 2008
In Harnett County, five people died and two others were injured on Friday night in a multi-vehicle collision involving a tanker truck filled with gasoline. The deadly crash occurred at the intersection of NC 27 and Old Fairground Road at around 11pm...

North Carolina Man Files Clergy Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Priest and the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

Posted on October 21, 2008
In North Carolina, a man who says that he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest when he was 14 years old is suing the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and Reverend Robert Yurgel for personal injury. The plaintiff, now 24, says the abuse began in 1999 when he was an altar boy at St...

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