- Brent Adams | July 28, 2008 11:07 PM | Raleigh, NC
Category:
Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
Prominent tort reform advocate cashes in to the very civil justice system he condemns. Judge Robert Bork sues the Yale Club for failing to provide hand rails. Asks for a million dollars in compensatory damages and for punitive damages.
- Pierce Egerton | June 08, 2011 4:27 PM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
At a time when the North Carolina legislature is making it harder for its citizens to recover from negligent drug companies, word comes that the state is due to share in a $44 million settlement...
- Kevin Duffan | January 09, 2012 3:24 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Well isn't this interesting? A recent article on CNNMoney.com points to a growing crisis in our health care system: private practitioners shutting their doors because they simply cannot...
- Michael Lewis | July 16, 2011 4:01 PM | Winston-Salem, NC
Category:
Miscellaneous
Now that Hot Coffee has been aired by HBO for the past several weeks, it's time to take another look and see what it really means.
Not surprisingly, the insurance industry and big business have...
- Michael Lewis | July 02, 2011 1:16 PM | Winston-Salem, NC
Category:
Miscellaneous
It is a rare occasion where the injury victim’s side of the story actually gets told in a meaningful and accurate way. In their zeal to promote the agenda of insurance companies and big...
- Michael Lewis | June 26, 2011 6:29 PM | Winston-Salem, NC
Category:
Miscellaneous
Everyone knows about the McDonald's Hot Coffee case. Or so they think.
How much do you really know about what happened when an elderly lady spilled a steaming cup of hot coffee on her lap...
- James Crouse | April 01, 2011 4:54 PM | Durham, NC
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
The legislature in North Carolina is attacking the rights of individuals at the behest of big money. The product liability bill got here courtesy of a group called ALEC, whose funders include...
- Michael Lewis | February 04, 2011 10:34 PM | Winston-Salem, NC
Category:
Workplace Injuries
According to the following article appearing in the Raleigh News and Observer, blogs.newsobserver.com/business/nc-chamber-to-push-for-slate-of-pro-business-laws#storylink=misearch, earlier this...