Posts tagged case

• Anti-Obesity Drug: Good News or Bad Omen?

  Kevin Duffan | May 31, 2012 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  An FDA advisory committee has voted in favor of an investigational anti-obesity drug, which is a significant step towards obtaining full FDA approval. The proposed prescription medication in...

• Casey Anthony, The Fugitive, and Denzel Washington

  Michael Lewis | July 09, 2011 8:27 PM | 2 CommentsWinston-Salem, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I did a WFMY News2 interview on focus groups and Casey Anthony, just hours before the jury returned its Not Guilty verdicts, much to the dismay of many. I can now share with you that when I met...

• Do you have a DePuy hip replacement? Sign nothing!

  Lawrence Egerton | September 23, 2010 7:50 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Have you or someone you know had hip replacement surgery using a hip implant device made by the DePuy Orthopaedics company? You may be receiving a letter from your doctor asking you to come in for...

• DePuy hip device recall means tidal wave of litigation

  Lawrence Egerton | September 23, 2010 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The number of people affected by the DePuy hip replacement recall is astonishing – 93,000 patients – equal to the population of a good-size city. It can be compared to something like an...

• Huge FELA Award, $48,000,000 in Damages Upheld for Railroad Employee Rendered Quadreplegic

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | March 19, 2010 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The California Court of Appeals recently upheld a huge jury verdict for a railroad worker injured on the job. The case was Eric Doi v. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Mr. Doi sued Union Pacific...

• The Proactive Client Asks "What Do I Do Now?"

  Pierce Egerton | September 25, 2009 2:16 PM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Occasionally I’ll meet with a potential client who is a paragon of organization. This happened twice last week: in both instances the injured person came in with a three ring binder...

• Presumed Guilty: How to Avoid Having Insult Added to Injury When You’ve Been Hurt in a Car Crash

  Pierce Egerton | September 18, 2009 4:28 PM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You might expect that someone who is injured in a car crash they didn’t cause might be due a bit of sympathy and respect. Guess again. Once the victim leaves the scene of the accident...

• Top Injury Lawyers Use Focus Groups to Win Major Cases Involving Paraplegic Clients

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 27, 2009 10:37 AM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  When we are representing a client who has suffered a spinal cord injury that has resulted in paraplegia or quadriplegia, we have a heavy responsibility to make sure to do the very best job...

• Cold Case File Renews Investigation Into NC Officer's 1996 Death

  Randy Appleton | June 22, 2009 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  There has been a renewed interest in an unsolved killing of a North Carolina police officer from Jonesville police department. An assigned group of state and federal investigators are...

• North Carolina Medical Malpractice Case Requires an Experienced Lawyer and Solid Experts

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | April 26, 2009 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The law of North Carolina (NC) that governs lawsuits against doctors, hospitals, nurses or other health care providers requires certification before you can go to court--certification that an...