Posts tagged attorney

• Alcohol Sale to Underage Drunk Driver Nets Convenience Store $716.5M Penalty

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | May 31, 2012 8:06 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A civil trial jury in Hillsboro County, Florida (FL) has ordered the owner of a convenience store that sold alcohol to a teen who later in the day caused a drunk driving accident that killed a...

• Click It or Ticket – why the beat goes on

  Pierce Egerton | May 25, 2012 12:01 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Oh, brother. Another Click It or Ticket campaign, as we roll into the Memorial Day weekend. Haven’t we had enough? I mean, what are these law enforcement people thinking? It’s...

• North Carolina Nursing Home Neglect Fines Not Nearly High Enough

  Mark Favaloro | May 21, 2012 10:42 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A $510 fine levied against a Torrington, Connecticut (CT), nursing home for failing to properly supervise a meal during which a disabled patient choked to death on a peanut butter and jelly...

• Airbag Slices Man's Ear in Half

  Randy Appleton | May 16, 2012 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As a North Carolina car accident attorney, I know all too well how dangerous crashes can become when safety equipment like seat belts go unused. But what happens when another key piece of...

• Restraining order puts Chapel Hill cell phone ban on hold

  Pierce Egerton | May 04, 2012 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The battle in Chapel Hill, N.C., to prevent distracted driving caused by cell phone use has become tangled in a lawsuit over towing cars. Just over five weeks after the North Carolina college...

• Nursing Homes Lack Disaster Plans, Putting Residents at Risk

  Mark Favaloro | April 18, 2012 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  In light of the many natural disasters that have occurred in the last few months across the U.S., the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a timely report regarding the state of...

• NHTSA Announces Campaign to Prevent Heatstroke Death in Cars

  Jim Lewis | April 15, 2012 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Where's baby? Look before you lock, a new public safety awareness campaign asks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that due to the unseasonably warm temperatures...

• Don’t let your dog distract you while you drive

  Lawrence Egerton | April 04, 2012 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Distracted driving caused by using a cell phone has been big news recently. Chapel Hill, N.C., became the first town in the nation to pass a complete ban on cell phone use while driving, as we...

• Chapel Hill becomes first town in United States to ban hands-free cell phone use while driving

  Pierce Egerton | March 26, 2012 10:21 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The town council of Chapel Hill, N.C., voted Monday, March 26, to ban all cell phone use while driving in the town limits – including the use of hands-free devices such as headsets. The...

• Chapel Hill hands-free cell phone ban back in play tonight (March 26); would be first in nation

  Pierce Egerton | March 26, 2012 9:29 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  (UPDATE: Cell phone ban - including hands-free use - passes) As the home of the Tar Heels, Chapel Hill gets plenty of national attention. Still, it hurts like heck that the Kansas Jayhawks...