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North Carolina Among 32 States to Receive $62 Million Settlement from Drug Manufacturer Eli Lilly For Marketing Zyprexa for Off-Label Uses

Posted on October 16, 2008
Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. will pay $62 million to 32 US States, including North Carolina, to resolve charges that it improperly marketed Zyprexa, an antipsychotic drug. This record settlement comes a few months after North Carolina and other states reached a $58 million settlement with Merck over allegations that the drugmaker downplayed the health risks associated with the use of painkiller Vioxx in ads...

AAA Carolinas Warns Against Districted Driving in North Carolina and South Carolina

Posted on October 13, 2008
A new education campaign by AAA Carolinas warns drivers in North Carolina and South Carolina counties against distracted driving. There are 10 counties targeted in the campaign (5 in each state). The North Carolina counties are Wake County, Watauga County, Pitt County, Durham County, and New Hanover County...

North Carolina Worker Sustains Life-Threatening Injuries After Fall At Charlotte Construction Site

Posted on October 06, 2008
A construction worker sustained critical injuries in North Carolina on Saturday after falling from a more than five story height. The work accident occurred at future site of the luxury Vue Condominiums located in uptown Charlotte. Fall Accidents at Work: 15% of disabling work injuries are a result of fall accidents, slip accidents, and trip accidents...

Charlotte Adult Care Center Will Close Today Following Reports of Drug Use and Violence

Posted on October 03, 2008
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is forcing Charlotte Manor, an adult care center, to shut down today, following reports of violence, drug abuse, and neglect. State health officials have suspended the home?s operating license, and today residents must evacuate the premise by 5pm...

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North Carolina Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against EnergyUnited for Son?s Electrocution Accident

Posted on September 30, 2008
The Cleveland, North Carolina mother of a 6-year-old boy who died in an electrocution accident last March is suing EnergyUnited for his wrongful death. Deborah Kenemore filed her North Carolina wrongful death lawsuit against the power company earlier this month in Rowan County...

Epilepsy Drug Topiramate May Increase Risk of Birth Defects

Posted on September 24, 2008
The Official Journal of the American Academy of Neurology is reporting that results from a small study indicate that topiramate, a drug used to treat epilepsy, may increase the chances of a newborn sustaining a birth defect if a pregnant mother takes the drug...

Tractor-Trailer Driver is Sued for Personal Injury in North Carolina Following Multi-Vehicle Crash on I-40

Posted on September 17, 2008
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is charging truck driver Carroll Edward Jett with misdemeanor death by vehicle for allegedly causing a multi-vehicle pileup on I-40 last July 1. The deadly multi-vehicle collision occurred east of Asheville when the tractor-trailer that Jett was driving ran into six motor vehicles that were stopped from behind...

Husband of Murdered North Carolina Worker Who Was Kidnapped From Parking Garage Sues City of Raleigh for Wrongful Death

Posted on September 08, 2008
The city of Raleigh and utility company Progress Energy are two of the defendants named in the North Carolina wrongful death lawsuit filed by the husband of Cynthia Moreland, the woman who was kidnapped from a parking garage in downtown Raleigh and later murdered...

North Carolina Wrongful Death Lawsuit Accuses Buncombe County Jail of Failing to Provide Diabetic Inmate with Medical Care

Posted on September 05, 2008
A North Carolina wrongful death lawsuit says the Sheriff?s Office in Buncombe County ignored an inmate?s screams of pain and cries for medical help. Marvis Gail Davidson, 43, died on July 8, 2004 in her jail cell. Davidson, who had diabetes, was jailed for a probation violation on June 30, 2004...

NHTSA Ranks North Carolina and South Carolina as Two US States With Greatest Increase In DUI Deaths

Posted on September 02, 2008
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, North Carolina and South Carolina are the two US states that have experienced the largest increase in DUI deaths between 2006 and 2007. The report, called the 2007 Traffic Safety Annual Assessment?Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities, found that out of the 1,675 traffic deaths that occurred in North Carolina last year, 487 of these motor vehicle deaths involved alcohol?66 more deaths than the 421 alcohol-related fatalities that occurred in the state in 2006...

Cherry Hospital Employees Arrested for Allegedly Beating a Patient in Goldsboro, North Carolina

Posted on August 25, 2008
Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina continues to make headlines, following the arrest of two of its workers on Friday for allegedly beating a patient. Health care technicians William Kenneth Johnson and Taniko Dominique Upton face charges of assault and battery of a handicapped person...

Several People in North Carolina are Injured in Head-On Collision on Highway 98 in Wake County

Posted on August 21, 2008
In Northern Wake County, four people were transported to hospitals on August 14 after the vehicles they were riding in became involved in a head-on car accident on Highway 98 between Ghoston Road and Marsh Field Road. North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers said the accident happened when a Mustang crossed over the center lane and struck a sport utility vehicle...

North Carolina Nurses at Goldsboro Mental Hospital Hugged and Danced While Patient Sat in Chair for Over 22 Hours Before Dying, Says Report

Posted on August 20, 2008
An investigative report found that the nurses at Cherry Hospital, a mental hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina, failed to feed or help patient Steven H. Sabock, 50, while he sat in a chair for over 22 hours last April. He died the next day of a heart ailment...

North Carolina's Latest Drunk Driver Crackdown Begins on Friday

Posted on August 13, 2008
Beginning Friday, state and local police officers in North Carolina will intensify their patrol for drunk drivers using patrols and checkpoints. The statewide campaign, coordinated by the North Carolina Governor?s Highway Safety Program, is called ?Booze It & Loose It? and will run until September 1...

Allergan Sued For Failing to Warn of Botox Side Effects

Posted on August 07, 2008
Drug maker Allergan is being sued for failing to warn users of the dangerous side effects that can result when using Botox. The products liability lawsuit was filed on behalf of over a dozen Botox users and family members that have lost loved ones from Botox use...

Trucking Company is Defendant in North Carolina Wrongful Death Case Involving Overloaded Tractor-Trailer

Posted on August 05, 2008
A tragic North Carolina accident involving an overloaded tractor-trailer and a Nissan pickup on NC 89 last January has resulted in a wrongful death lawsuit against a Maine trucking company. 68-year-old Glenn Shumate died last January after the Nissan pickup he was riding up Lowgap Mountain was struck by an out-of-control truck loaded with potatoes...

AAA Carolinas Says North Carolina Has Eighth Highest Motorcycle Death Rates Among US States

Posted on July 30, 2008
AAA Carolinas says that there were about 190 motorcycle fatalities in North Carolina in 2007. This figure is a significant jump from the 108 motorcycle deaths in 2006, and reportedly ranks North Carolina number 8 among the 10 US states with the most motorcycle deaths each year...

Family of 5-Year-Old Motocross Rider Files North Carolina Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on July 23, 2008
In North Carolina, the parents of 5-year-old Cody Fidler are suing the owners of Parker Valley Motocross Track in Cleveland County for his wrongful death. Fidler died of neck trauma last year while at the park when an older biker crashed into him. The North Carolina wrongful death lawsuit accuses the park owners and promoters of negligence for allowing a more experienced rider on the track while Cody was there...

Two People Injured as Train Strikes Tanker Truck in Charlotte, North Carolina

Posted on July 16, 2008
A truck driver and a train worker sustained injuries last Friday morning when a 70-car freight train struck a tanker truck loaded with 6,100 gallons of oil near the Mecklenburg-Cabarrus county line in Charlotte. The North Carolina train-truck accident happened after the truck got stuck at a railroad crossing...

Chapel Hill Teenager Dies After Being Struck by Car in Raleigh

Posted on July 15, 2008
In Raleigh, North Carolina, 17-year-old Lillian Broox Manis of Chapel Hill died on Saturday after the car she was riding in was broadsided by a Ford motor vehicle. Durham resident Philip Iavorov Jurov, the driver of the Honda that Manis was riding in, also suffered serious injuries from the North Carolina crash...

18 More North Carolina Patients Exposed to Tainted Surgical Tools Sue Duke University Health System for Personal Injury

Posted on July 09, 2008
In Durham County Superior Court, 18 patients who underwent surgeries at Duke hospitals in 2004 are suing Duke University Health System for personal injury because they were operated on with surgical instruments that were washed in hydraulic fluid. The plaintiffs are alleging fraud and negligence because of the exposure to the fluid, which had been used to clean an elevator...

Video Footage Shows Woman Dying in Hospital Waiting Room While Workers Ignore Her

Posted on July 02, 2008
An incident that occurred in a New York hospital waiting room last month made national headlines yesterday after surveillance footage was released showing a 49-year-old woman collapsing at Kings County Hospital Center while workers at the hospital ignored her...

Truck Safety Coalition Says Allowing 53-Foot Long Tractor-Trailers Onto North Carolina Highways Will Endanger Lives

Posted on June 25, 2008
The Truck Safety Coalition says that a legislative proposal that would let 53-foot tractor-trailers onto main highway routes in North Carolina is dangerous and could cause serious truck injuries. The proposal just passed in the state Senate and will now be considered by House lawmakers...

North Carolina Personal Injury Lawsuit Sues Suppliers Involved in Tainted-Surgical Instrument Incident At Duke University Health System Hospitals

Posted on June 20, 2008
This week in North Carolina, 67 patients filed a personal injury lawsuit against Cardinal Health and Steris Corp., the companies that supply Duke University Health System hospitals with sterilization equipment. Also named in the lawsuit are a number of Cardinal workers...

18-Wheeler Tractor-Trailer Crash Claims the Lives of a Firefighter and a Sheriff?s Deputy in North Carolina

Posted on June 18, 2008
A North Carolina sheriff?s deputy Steven Boehm and firefighter Gene Thomas died on Saturday after being struck by an 18-wheeler truck. The fatal accident took place on a coastal highway near a burn site at Marine Corps Base Camp in Oslow County. Bill Hall, a second deputy, sustained minor injuries from the crash...

6-Year-Old North Carolina Girl Paralyzed in Car Crash Is Center of Local Fundraising Efforts

Posted on June 12, 2008
In Hillsborough, North Carolina, town members are trying to raise funds for Khari Clark-Hester, a 6-year-old girl who is paralyzed from the waist down after she suffered spinal cord and brain injuries during an auto crash on April 10. Khari sustained these catastrophic injuries when the passenger side of the car she was riding in was hit by a pickup truck...

North Carolina Family Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit with Harley-Davidson Motor Co.

Posted on June 06, 2008
In North Carolina, the family of Charles Radford Paul III, a 30-year-old Raleigh cop who died in a 2002 motorcycle crash, has settled its wrongful death lawsuit with Harley-Davidson Motor Co. and Raleigh store Ray Price Harley Davidson. Paul died while chasing a speeding car...

Son of North Carolina Woman Killed in Apartment Fire Files Premises Liability-Related Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on June 04, 2008
In North Carolina, Juan Arango, the son of Gloria Inez Suarez, a woman who died in a fire in her apartment that destroyed her building in the Colonial Village complex at Highland Hills in Carrboro last September is suing Colonial Properties Trust and property manager Renee Schumacher for improper maintenance and poor construction...

North Carolina Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against City of Fayetteville, Drunk Driver, and Several Others After Daughter is Killed in DWI Motor Vehicle Accident

Posted on May 27, 2008
The family of Emily Elizabeth May, a Raleigh, North Carolina resident who died in a DWI auto crash last year, is suing the city of Fayetteville, Emily's friend Danielle Polumbo, ACS State & Local Solutions Inc., Carolina Hospitality of Florida, Fayetteville Miyabi Inc...

North Carolina Family Sues Franklinton Police Officer For Wrongful Death of Two Daughters in Car Accident Involving Police Car Chase

Posted on May 22, 2008
In North Carolina, the Granville County family of 18-year-old Linsey Lunsford and her 9-year-old sister Maggie are suing the town of Franklinton, Police Officer Michael Dunlap, Police Chief Ray Gilliam and Police Lt. John Green for their wrongful deaths...

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