InjuryBoard Raleigh Archives

• Parents Recover for Misplacement of Daughter's Grave

  Brent Adams | July 30, 2007 8:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Seven-year-old Lanesha Miles died in April of 1999 from cancer.When her parents, Dorothy and Charles Miles, attempted to visit Lanesha's gravesite (on what would have been the child's eighth birthday) they could not find her grave.When the parents arrived at the Glennview Cemetery to observe the anniversary of their child's birth, they found that the grave was not marked.The family took steps to...

• Can Teaching 6th Graders Cause Compensable Anxiety Disorder?

  Sheila Chavis | July 27, 2007 4:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  This past March (3/6/07) the North Carolina Court of Appeals addressed the issue of whether a 6th grade teacher's physician-diagnosed anxiety disorder was compensable under North Carolina's Workers' Compensation Act. After a review of the facts found by the Industrial Commission the Court concluded that teaching sixth graders did not expose the teacher to any stressors that were not experienced...

• Pit Bull Attacks UPS Driver

  Christina Medlin | July 27, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A pit bull attacked a United Parcel Service deliveryman at a home in Orange County early Tuesday afternoon. The attack happened as the UPS worker delivered a package to a home on East Lebanon Road, northwest of Hillsborough. Orange County Animal Control workers seized the dog and will quarantine it for at least 10 days to determine if it has rabies. The owner of the dog is responsible the...

• Speeding Five Miles Over Limit Bars Recovery

  Brent Adams | July 27, 2007 8:26 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a verdict finding that a contributory negligence defense applied to a driver going five miles over the speed limit. This is true even though the defendant crossed the centerline and hit the plaintiff head-on.Although the investigating officer testified that the injured party's speed was not a factor, the Court of Appeals held that the jury could find...

• Crossed Pipes Had Family Drinking Wastewater

  Jenny Albano | July 26, 2007 10:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A family in Raleigh discovered they had been drinking treated wastewater used for watering lawns when workers shut off an irrigation pipe in their neighborhood. All the neighbors had tap water, but their sprinklers were not working. The Jain family had the opposite, they could water their lawn but had no tap water. Somehow their piping got switched.Now officials have been checking other homes...

• Statute of Limitations is Different for Asbestosis and Silicosis

  Brent Adams | July 26, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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. ...

• Insist on Collecting for Car Depreciation

  Brent Adams | July 25, 2007 9:55 AM | 3 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Insurance adjusters almost never volunteer to pay a car owner for depreciation to their car after it has been wrecked.The depreciation occurs because of the simple fact that a car that has been involved in a collision is not worth as much as an otherwise identical car that has not been involved in a collision.All other things being equal, a person is willing to pay more for a car that has never...

• "Last Clear Chance" Doctrine Saves Case

  Brent Adams | July 24, 2007 9:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Under the doctrine of contributory negligence, an injured party cannot recover for injuries caused by the negligence of another person if the injured party is himself negligent to any degree. Under that doctrine, it does not matter how reckless, negligent or careless the defendant may be, the injured party may not recover one dime if there was the slightest negligence on his part.North Carolina...

• Allstate Punished by 1.5 Million Dollar Punitive Damages Verdict

  Brent Adams | July 17, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Allstate Insurance Company, a company frequently accused of engaging in "bad faith" insurance claims practices, has again been hit with a large punitive damages verdict for its failure to treat its policy holders fairly.This latest claim arose out of a hurricane Katrina related lawsuit.Including punitive damages, Allstate will have to pay its insured (who lost his home to hurricane Katrina) more...

• Roadside Safety to Prevent Accidents

  Christina Medlin | July 16, 2007 9:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Four people were killed when an SUV hit a disabled car. The family stood on the side of the two-lane bypass as they loaded the car onto the trailer in Elon, NC. Of the 5 people, Larry Wayne Isley Jr. was the only to survive with broken ribs. The other four were killed when an Isuzu sport utility vehicle driven by Robin Michelle Stanfield ran off the side of the road, rolling over and hitting...

• Five Injured in Harnett County Accident

  Brent Adams | July 11, 2007 4:11 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On Tuesday night, a severe personal injury accident on Old U.S. 421 in Harnett County sent five people to area hospitals. There were three vehicles involved in the collision, which occurred just before 7 p.m.Highway Patrol reports reveal that Donald Turlington, 23, was traveling on Old U.S.421 when his vehicle crossed the center line, striking a vehicle driven by Vernon Arnold, 47. A third...

• Fired Workers' Compensation Claimant Recovers $1.9 Million

  Brent Adams | July 10, 2007 11:18 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A Kentucky coal miner who was fired by his employer has obtained a verdict of 1.9 million dollars in a suit against his employer alleging he was fired in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim. The coal miner broke his arm in October, 2003 while working in an underground mine. Even though his arm was in a cast, he continued to work for about four months. In March, 2004 the injured...