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• Injured Iraq Vet Getting Brain Treatment in N.C.

  Christina Cole | March 13, 2007 5:39 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been all over the airwaves. The hospital has been harshly criticized for many problems.It was announced Tuesday that Sgt. Dean Locke will be treated in a program that specializes in brain injuries in North Carolina. Numerous reports say, in 2003, Locke was severely brain damaged in a Humvee accident. An evaluation of his condition then showed professionals...

• State Investigating Possible Nursing Home Abuse

  Christina Cole | March 03, 2007 5:42 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A nursing home is being investigated by Police and the state for possible nursing home abuse.Friday, police took a report regarding a woman whose 89-year old mother is a resident of Georgetown Healthcare Assisted Living. The woman alleges she was visiting with her mother and noticed bruises on her left eye and on her face. Her concerns were passed on to the state and Ombudsman (advocate for...

• Another Tort Reform Phony Cashes In

  Brent Adams | July 28, 2008 11:07 PM | 4 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  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.

• What is my personal injury case worth?

  Brent Adams | May 10, 2008 9:21 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  One of the most frequent questions we get from our clients is: “What is my case worth? What can I expect to put into my pocket from my claim?” This is a question which should...

• Raleigh woman attacked by neighbor's dog

  Brent Adams | February 14, 2008 12:58 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Raleigh North Carolina woman is attacked by neighbors vicious Pit Bull while trying to save her pet Poodle. She does have a remedy for her injuries, but North Carolina law should give stronger protection from dangerous dogs.Malinda Delbridge, a Raleigh, North Carolina resident was attacked by her neighbor's Pit Bull after she tried to save her pet Poodle from the jaws of the vicious Pit...

• Criminal Case Highlights Danger of Representative Payees

  Brent Adams | February 11, 2008 11:43 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  According to United States Attorney Catherine Hanaway and the Police Chief of Macon, Missouri, Steve Olinger, a Macon couple, Donald and Mary Hicks, have been indicted on charges of stealing a total of $86,534 in benefits from Social Security Disability from another couple that was in their care. In the September of 1998, Donald Hicks was chosen by the Social Security Administration as a...

• Pork Processing Plant Workers Contract Illness After Inhaling Pig Brain Particles

  Sheila Chavis | February 08, 2008 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A cluster of workers at a pork processing plant in Minnesota have contracted an illness that has been connected with the workers' exposure to particles of pig brains. The workers were found to be exposed by inhaling the bits of pig brain during a process where the brains are blown out of the skull of the pig using compressed air. The brains are harvested packaged and sold primarily to Japan...

• Broken Femur and Wrist Leads to $575,000 Settlement

  Brent Adams | October 26, 2007 4:42 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A 69-year-old victim of a North Carolina vehicle collision receives $575,000 in settlement of her claim arising out of her collision with a Bob Cat tractor.In the early morning hours before light the victim was driving her vehicle on NC 214 in Columbus Country near Wrightsville, NC. She noticed headlights in front of her, which appeared to be on the opposite shoulder of the road. The vehicle...

• $10,000,000.00 Settlement in Tree Branch Case

  Brent Adams | September 03, 2007 8:39 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A 31-year-old man and his wife obtained a $10,000,000.00 settlement for injuries sustained when a large tree branch, which hung over a street, broke off and landed on the man's car. The trunk of the tree was located on private property.The victim suffered a broken neck at the C5 level which rendered him a quadriplegic.These injuries were similar to that sustained by Christopher Reeves, the actor...

• Insurance Company Pays After Newspaper Expose'

  Brent Adams | August 01, 2007 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The Des Moines Register, a Des Moines Island newspaper, came to the aide of Marge Bode, an Iowa farm wife who bought long-term care insurance to help pay bills from nursing home care in the event she became disabled and needed it. Mrs. Bode, a farm wife who helped raise five children and provided a college education for each one of them, is 89-years-old and has been diagnosed with dementia and...