Tips to Stay Safe During the Holidays

While the winter months of the year can be a time of family fun and holiday festivities, personal injury claims have a tendency to spike during this time. Our firm has compiled a list of tips to help keep you safe during the holiday season. Be Extremely Careful When Deep Frying Turkeys If you

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon monoxide poisoning can be undetectable and irreversible and can cause death before you are even aware of what is happening. I am working on a carbon monoxide death case that involves a faulty HVAC heating system. The furnace malfunctioned and filled the home with high levels of carbon monoxide (CO). The

High Point Personal Injury

In High Point, there are many personal injury attorneys, but not all of them have experience handling larger injury cases. Most attorneys in High Point, are “general practitioners”. This means that they will take any type of case that walks through the door like a criminal, traffic, family law, estates, etc. The

Shelby Personal Injury Attorney

Shelby personal injury law practice has been interesting so far. While I have handled a few standard car wreck and other personal injury cases in the Shelby area, for the last few years I have been fighting Cleveland County itself. Well, to be more specific, I have been fighting their insurance companies

Social Host Liability

Social Host Liability and Common Law “Dram Shop” negligence– a person who serves alcohol to an “obviously intoxicated” person when it is reasonable to expect that person will soon thereafter operate a motor vehicle. (standard 3 year SoL includes social hosts) Social Host Liability – The court held that the injured party had not stated

Dram Shop and Minors

N.C.G.S. § 18B-120-129 the permittee or the local ABC board: (1 year SoL, only minors, and max recovery is $500,000) (BUT Parents can sue over a child’s death case) (Also, there is an argument to be made that visible intoxication shouldn’t be necessary) § 18B-120. DefinitionsAs used in this Article:(1) “Aggrieved party”

Dram Shop and Adults

N.C.G.S. § 18B-305. Other prohibited sales (Adults unlike Section 120 minors)(a) Sale to Intoxicated Person. — It shall be unlawful for a permittee or his employee or for an ABC store employee to knowingly sell or give alcoholic beverages to any person who is intoxicated.(b) Discretion for Seller. — Any person authorized

Gun Control, the Right to Bear Arms, and Mental Illness

Hearing President Obama read the names of the children who were killed in Newtown was heartbreaking. In the background, you could hear the families gasp when their child’s name was called. That struck straight to the heart of every parent watching… what would I do if he spoke my child’s name? Every

Bulging or Herniated Disc Cases

Bulging or herniated disc cases are hard fought by insurance defense attorneys. They will rightfully argue that bulging discs can be part of the natural degenerative process, it is part of just getting old. You point out that you never had any pain or problems with your back before the car wreck

Do I Need an Injury Lawyer?

“Do you need a lawyer?” Well, it depends. The easiest answer would be to simply say yes. The law has become very complicated. I have seen many cases screwed up by people trying to do it themselves. Car wreck and injury attorneys not only have three years of law school, but most