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• Accidents with Unlicensed Drivers

  Christina Medlin | June 22, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Arturo Arguijo's, 16, faces charges of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and driving without a license. He is in the Wake County Jail under a $10,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court in August. Arguijo pulled out in front of Salud Avellaneda-Marin, 41, of Asheboro, and her two sons causing her SUV to rollover several times. Avellaneda-Marin died at WakeMed; her 20-year-old and infant...

• SUV Rollover Accidents

  Christina Medlin | June 15, 2007 9:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Salud Avellaneda-Marin, 41, of Asheboro, North Carolina and her two sons were traveling in a Ford Expedition westbound on U.S. 64 when a pickup truck, driven by Arturo Arguijo, 16, pulled out in front of them. The SUV went through the median and rolled 30 to 40 yards, flipping several times. None of the five passengers in the truck, which was driven by Arturo Arguijo, was injured. This is yet...

• Under-Insured Motorist Coverage is Important

  Brent Adams | June 06, 2007 11:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Although North Carolina requires motor vehicle owners to have liability insurance on all vehicles, the level of the required coverage is low. The law only requires liability insurance in the amount of $30,000.00 per person and $60,000.00 total for all occupants. With today's high cost of medical care, these limits are simply not enough.Therefore, it is important to have under-insured motorist...

• Jaw and Skull Fractures Lead to $900,000 Settlement

  Brent Adams | June 05, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A 20-year-old North Carolina State student obtained a settlement of $900,000.00 from the automobile liability insurance carrier for a negligent driver. This negligent driver had recently been released from Dorthea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina and had stopped taking his medication. The injured victim was an honor student, active in charitable organizations and in student government. ...

• Doctor Shopping Employer Required to Pay Benefits

  Brent Adams | June 01, 2007 4:48 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  An employer's brazen doctor shopping efforts to terminate workers' compensation benefits backfired in a recent case. A decision of the North Carolina Industrial Commission granted full workers' compensation benefits to an injured employee and found that the employer's efforts to deny benefits constituted stubborn and unfounded litigiousness and that the appeals were brought by the employer...

• Compensation for Dog Bites

  Christina Medlin | June 01, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Recently in Detroit a five year old boy was attacked by two pit bulls as he walked down the street with his father. The entire incident was caught on security cameras. The dogs without being provoked or acknowledged appeared and attacked the young boy. The boy's father and the owner of the dogs quickly pulled the animals off, but one of the dogs rushed in again and pounced on the boy a second...