- Rick Shapiro | November 12, 2009 12:11 AM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
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Workplace Injuries
For some reason work related injuries are somehow disregarded and not given enough legal attention and there are many logical reasons for this. More than likely it is because workers and /or...
- Brent Adams | November 29, 2007 7:23 AM | Fayetteville, NC
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Workplace Injuries
The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower appellate court ruling which barred the testimony of an Arizona doctor about the standard of care applicable to a small hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The reason for the exclusion was that the witness had only practiced in larger hospitals.In the North Carolina Court of Appeals decision the Court found that the plaintiff's...
- Christina Cole | March 09, 2007 1:57 AM | Fayetteville, NC
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Workplace Injuries
A subcontractor that employed five workers that were injured in a construction accident on Thursday had been cited in January for not having adequate safety measurements in place.On Thursday, five workers were hospitalized after the roof of a porch on a home that was under construction collapsed on the workers. The workers fell approximately 40 feet. Three of the five workers have been released...
- Christina Cole | February 20, 2007 3:21 AM | Raleigh, NC
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Workplace Injuries
At a major redevelopment project in downtown Durham, a construction worker, 35, was killed in a fatal construction accident.The worker was on the inside of the old offices of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. when a brick wall collapsed, crushing him. The building is one of seven vintage structures being rehabilitated for shops.According to police, the worker had only worked at the site for just a few...