Posts tagged NC

• Your Legal Rights in an Amusement Park Accident

  Randy Appleton | December 09, 2009 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Amusement park accidents happen more often than you might suspect. These accidents happen to both amusement park riders as well as bystanders attending the park. While some participants...

• Field Tile Trench Collapse Kills Farmer

  Steve Lombardi | December 09, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A Joice, Iowa man was trapped under the dirt that caved in from the drainage tile trench he’d dug in a bean field. As of this writing there are few details about the incident. Not even the...

• Michigan Supreme Court to Determine Patient Privacy Rights

  David Mittleman | December 09, 2009 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Most of us would consider our personal health information to be just that – personal. It is important to our health to be frank and open with our doctors about conditions that may seem...

• Big Insurance and the US Chamber: The Smear Campaign and the Fight for Injustice

  Mark Bello | December 09, 2009 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Miscellaneous
  

  About ten to fifteen years ago, the insurance industry, seriously hurt from investment losses, began a smear campaign to disparage trial lawyers in the national litigation community. The chief...

• Winter Brings Tough Driving To Southern Minnesota

  Mike Bryant | December 08, 2009 11:47 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A real winter reminder is giving us very tough driving all over Southern to Central Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Transportation has a winter-storm warning today through Wednesday for the...

• Are Malpractice Claims Running Doctors Out of Business?

  Mike Ferrara | December 08, 2009 9:06 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In an effort to cap or otherwise limit malpractice claims across the country, tort reformers tell us again and again how the high cost of malpractice insurance is running doctors out of...

• Being a Good Samaritan and Avoiding Liability

  Mark Bello | December 08, 2009 1:31 PM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The general public is often afraid to help someone in an emergency situation, such as an auto accident. Why? Fear of a lawsuit? There are laws to protect a person who renders aid in an...

• Senator Delay, Senator Defend, And Senator Defend: Do The Job For Insurance Companies

  Mike Bryant | December 07, 2009 11:17 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We have talked about the insurance company strategy of Deny, Delay, Defend many times here at the Injurboard. A couple of companies have almost come right out and admitted that is their strategy....

• Consequences of Dental Negligence

  Jim Lewis | December 07, 2009 7:32 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Dental care and treatment mostly consist of non-invasive procedures and for the most part your visit to the dentist is usually routine and injury free. However, a small percentage of dental...

• Malpractice Trial of James Woods' Brother (Michael): The Power of Apology in Litigation

  Mark Bello | December 07, 2009 12:18 PM | 3 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I am certain that I am not telling you something you don’t already know; an apology goes a long way to beginning to repair a damaged relationship or righting a wrong. Knowing that someone is...