Posts tagged negligence

• 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...

• Driving a Boat Is Not Child's Play

  Michael Lewis | August 17, 2011 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsWinston-Salem, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Hundreds of lives are lost each year due to recreational boating accidents. But you – the passenger or boat operator – can make a difference by adhering to safe boating standards. In...

• No Arbitrary Caps Exist in NC Medical Malpractice to Prevent Full Compensation for Medical Errors

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | January 08, 2010 4:10 PM | 5 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Unlike the neighboring state of Virginia, North Carolina does not have unfair rules that say your father, mother, or other family member can only receive so much money from a jury in the case of...

• Apex Day Care is Shut Down After Infant’s Death

  Pierce Egerton | November 06, 2009 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Every parent’s worst nightmare is that something bad will happen to their child when they aren’t there to protect them. That’s why the issue of day care negligence is such a hot...

• Mount Carmel Nursing Home Cited for 16 Federal Violations

  Shannon Weidemann | June 09, 2007 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The Mount Carmel Nursing Home in Greenfield, Wisconsin was cited for numerous violations and needs to have them fixed before any new admissions will be paid for with state funding. The home was in danger of being closed in 1998, but since then has had a record of very few violations. The nursing home was cited for many acts of negligence. The facility at 5700 W. Layton Ave., which has 439...

• The Rights of a Passenger in an Auto Accident

  Randy Appleton | December 15, 2011 11:02 AM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  When we talk about car accident liability, we often talk about it in terms of one driver against the other. But what about the passengers in those cars? What are their rights in terms of...

• 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...

• What to Do if Injured by a Dentist

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | February 01, 2010 9:24 AM | 2 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  As an attorney that's involved in numerous injury cases where someone has been hurt, occasionally we run into a scenario involving a trip to the dentist. Most of us are accustomed to visiting our...

• Parasailing season is approaching the Outer Banks, North Carolina

  Emily Mapp Brannon | April 09, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Thousands of tourists will soon be flocking to the Outer Banks, NC and will be looking for watersports to enjoy. Parasailing is a widely popular sport and there are many great companies from Nags...

• Error in Radiation Treatment for Cancer Kills Patient

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | February 22, 2010 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Recently, the New York Times published an article telling the story of Scott Jerome-Parks. Jerome-Parks was diagnosed with tongue cancer, and doctors recommended radiation therapy to treat his...