- Lawrence Egerton | June 16, 2011 6:32 PM | Greensboro, NC
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Miscellaneous
What does John Edwards know that we don’t know?
He has been indicted on charges of misusing nearly $1 million in political donations to hide his affair with mistress Rielle Hunter and...
- Jim Lewis | August 05, 2009 10:47 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
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Automobile Accidents
A Fayetteville, North Carolina (NC) judge declared the driver of several fatal hit and run accidents in 2004 not fit for trial today. Thirty year old Abdullah El-Amin Shareef of...
- Randy Appleton | July 04, 2009 9:00 AM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
A $3.2 million verdict was returned for a shopper by a Fairfax County jury for a crushed pelvis she suffered when a stack of countertops fell on her in 2006. The customer apparently incurred $75,000...
- Jean Martin | April 29, 2008 12:41 PM | Wilmington, NC
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
A study has found that women who use the drug Fosamax are twice as likely to develop an irregular heartbeat condition known as atrial fibrillation as women who have never taken the drug. The 86%...
- Rick Shapiro | August 13, 2010 1:34 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
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Automobile Accidents
Personal injury jury trials are vanishing in our country. What are the causes of this slow extinction? Read below to learn my opinion on this issue.
Despite the dire proclamations of tort reform...
- Rick Shapiro | November 18, 2009 6:44 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
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Head & Brain Injuries
As a parent you do everything in your power to protect your child from harm, but what do you do if your child is hurt while at school or daycare? No parent can be expected to keep a constant vigil...
- Greg Jones | September 16, 2009 10:18 AM | Charlotte, NC
Category:
Miscellaneous
The first trial over Merck & Co. Inc.'s osteoporosis drug Fosamax has ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury told the court it was deadlocked and unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
The...
- Jim Lewis | June 19, 2009 2:14 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
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Workplace Injuries
Under closer investigation Southern Industrial Constructors has been sued by two workers injured in a deadly explosion at a Slim Jim plant in North Carolina. The company insists it does...
- Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | February 24, 2009 6:29 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
Category:
Head & Brain Injuries
Head and brain injuries are often called traumatic brain injuries or closed head injuries. Proving these types of sometimes “invisible” injuries pose special challenges for injury...