Posts tagged juries

• Charlotte, NC Area Pedestrian Accidents Highlight Crosswalk Safety Issues

  Randy Appleton | March 28, 2012 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Three North Carolina teens have been hit while crossing streets near their Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools in a two-week period. On March 13, 2012, a Garinger High School teen was struck while...

• Man Awarded $200 Million in the Nursing Home Death of His Mother

  Mark Favaloro | March 13, 2012 8:25 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  In the fall of 2004, a 92-year-old nursing home resident pushed herself in her wheelchair through a door leading to a stairwell. She fell in the wheelchair down the flight of stairs and laid...

• Survey Reveals Some Doctors Mislead Patients and Hide Information From Them

  Jim Lewis | February 12, 2012 7:32 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  A nationwide survey of nearly 2,000 physicians revealed that close to 20 percent of physicians disagreed with the notion that they should never tell a patient something that is not true. If that...

• Routine Head-Hits Can Cause Brain Injury in High School Football & Hockey Players

  Pierce Egerton | November 15, 2011 10:53 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Various studies released this year have brought alarming news about sports and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). I wrote about some of these, Treatment for Brain Injuries In Young Up 60% -...

• Better Coordination of Psychological Health, TBI Programs For Military Needed

  Pierce Egerton | November 11, 2011 2:33 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  I see a lot of traumatic brain injuries (“TBI”) in my practice. Most are caused by workplace accidents and vehicle crashes. As one might expect, those brave men and women who serve in...

• Unsecured Tire Caused Five Injuries in Accident in Charlotte, NC

  Randy Appleton | October 17, 2011 9:40 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I recently described a tragic accident in Hampton, Virginia (VA), in which a tire that had fallen off a vehicle smashed through the window of a van, causing serious, life -hanging injuries to a...

• Don’t Be Dumb With Your Smartphone: Keep It in Your Pocket While Driving

  Kevin Duffan | August 12, 2011 3:29 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  When a spotlight was put on the risks of distracted driving, especially texting while driving, many people tried to find “inner loopholes” to justify risky phone use while behind the...

• Medical Malpractice Caps for Emergency Room Errors Adopted in North Carolina

  Jim Lewis | July 19, 2011 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A few weeks ago on this site, my Carolina medical malpractice plaintiff's attorney colleague Rick Shapiro applauded the governor's veto of a North Carolina bill to limit noneconomic monetary damage...

• North Carolina Bill to Cap Medical Malpractice Damage Awards Defeated, for Now

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | June 26, 2011 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A misguided effort to control health care costs in North Carolina by making it more difficult for victims of medical malpractice and surgical errors to receive adequate and fair compensation for...

• Major Safety Risks Posed by Tired and Drowsy Workers

  Kevin Duffan | June 07, 2011 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Sleep scientists have established that going to work fatigued (i.e. extremely tired or drowsy) is like going to work drunk. Unfortunately, this revelation has been largely ignored by transportation...