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• Baycol Settlement Reached with 30 States

  Brent Adams | March 23, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Bayer Corp, the manufacturer of Baycol, has agreed to pay North Carolina and twenty-nine other states 8 million dollars in settlement of a claim alleging that Bayer failed to adequately warn consumers about the risk of taking Baycol, a cholesterol-reducing drug.Bayer voluntarily withdrew Baycol from the market in August 2001. Baycol, which was first introduced in the United States in February...

• Injured Pedestrian Wins USPS Lawsuit

  Brent Adams | March 23, 2007 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A federal judge from the Western District of North Carolina has found that a mail carrier was negligent and breached his duty of care to the plaintiff as a pedestrian by failing to look forward before moving his vehicle. As a result, he struck a 68-year-old lady who was attempting to return a mis-delivered package of medicine. The plaintiff, on Saturday, March 8, 2003, received from a...

• Jury Returns $400,000.00 Funeral Home Negligence Verdict

  Staff Writer | March 15, 2007 6:07 PM | 1 CommentRaleigh, NC

  A New Hanover County jury returned a verdict totaling $400,000.00 against a Wilmington, North Carolina funeral home for negligently mishandling the body of the claimant's 30-year-old son. The plaintiff, Alexandra Klinger, was a devout follower of the Jewish faith. Her deceased son, Israel, was a follower of the Christian Orthodox faith. The Jewish and Orthodox faiths have similar requirements...

• Auto Accident? Be Sure To Collect Your Med-Pay Coverage

  Staff Writer | March 11, 2007 6:03 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Many automobile collision victims lose thousands of dollars because they do not know about the insurance benefit commonly known as "Med-Pay." Most vehicles in North Carolina are covered by Med-Pay. Many people do not know they have this coverage when it is available to them. Med-Pay is the medical payment provision written into most liability insurance policies.This coverage provides that it...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | January 15, 2007 5:34 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The information found on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is not a substitute for professional legal consultation. You should not base your legal decisions solely on the information found in this site and you are encouraged to seek the counsel of an attorney regarding your specific questions or situation.The information found herein may represent the opinions or...

• Mail Fraud Charges Used To Fight Workers' Compensation Claimant

  Brent Adams | March 26, 2008 3:05 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Mail fraud indictments are a favorite tool of federal prosecutors for just about any campaign de jour .These charges were used recently in a case brought by federal prosecutors against a workers' compensation claimant. A former employee of the Postal Service has denied federal charges of lying about disabilities while she collected approximately $69,000 in benefits from workers' compensation. On...

• Sears Sued For Defective Radial Arm Saw

  Brent Adams | January 01, 2008 2:24 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A man from Godfrey Illinois who received a personal injury while using a radial arm saw has filed a suit against Sears and Emerson Tool Co. He alleges that the defendants failed to warn of the saw's dangers. According to the claim of Alvin Wellenreiter, while he was using a radial arm saw from Sears at the home of his father on December 19 in 2005, his left fingers were cut by the saw's blade,...

• Occupational Health Clinic That Treated Ground Zero Workers Faces Criticism

  Sheila Chavis | September 07, 2007 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A recent article in the New York Times raises questions about the accuracy of data and reports presented by the clinic that took on the responsibility of screening and examining volunteers and people who were working at Ground Zero. The Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine has examined more than 15,000 workers and volunteers and has overseen the examination of...

• Statute of Limitations is Different for Asbestosis and Silicosis

  Brent Adams | July 26, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The horrible diseases of asbestosis and silicosis have long latency periods. That means that the diseases do not develop until long after exposure to the hazard which caused the condition(s).This latency period is usually ten to fifteen years after exposure.Asbestosis and silicosis are almost always caused by conditions at work. Asbestosis is caused by exposure to a mineral known as asbestos. ...

• Louisiana Tobacco Verdict Cut in Half

  Brent Adams | March 23, 2007 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  In 2004, Louisiana jurors held that tobacco manufacturers had conspired to keep the truth about the hazards of tobacco from the Louisiana public. For this conspiracy, the jury set the damages at 591 million dollars.That verdict has now been cut to less than half by a Louisiana appeals court.The recovery from the judgment was to be used for smoking cessation programs. The appellate court's...