- Brent Adams | January 19, 2008 9:28 PM |
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MiscellaneousManufacturer of tree stands have been fined by the U. S. Consumer Products Safety Commission for failure to report defects in a timely manner.In North Carolina these potentially dangerous devises are commonly called "deer stands" because they are used by deer hunters to hunt deer. The hunter uses these deer stands as a seat in a tree high up it the tree. When an unsuspecting deer walks by near...
- Brent Adams | January 17, 2008 10:25 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesEmployees are entitled to benefits from workers' compensation whenever they receive a personal injury "arising out of and in the course of employment. For example, a machinist received an injury to his eye from flying glass from a cola bottle while on his lunch break that caused blindness in that eye. As he was placing the bottle in the cooler, it exploded. He would be entitled to receive...
- Brent Adams | January 14, 2008 10:54 PM |
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MiscellaneousAs a result of two recent dog attacks, one of which resulted in a personal injury, the other resulting in a fatality, Ivan Harmon, a County Commissioner of Knox County in Tennessee, has proposed an ordinance which would allow for the control of dangerous animals in the county.Under the proposed ordinance, if an officer from either animal control or law enforcement finds that an immediate threat...
- Michael Byrne | January 11, 2008 2:57 PM |
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Workplace DiscriminationFor many years, career state employees separated from employment under a Reduction-In-Force, or "RIF," could bring an action in the Office of Administrative Hearings appealing such separations. These RIF appeal rights were a necessary protection for state employees. In the past, supervisors at some agencies allegedly used the RIF process, intended to rid the public payroll of redundant...
- Brent Adams | January 11, 2008 12:00 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Craven County jury deliberated thirty minutes before returning a verdict of $1,875,000.00 for the exacerbation of a pre-existing back injury.It is always difficult for an injured victim of negligence to receive adequate compensation for their injuries when they have a pre-existing injury.A Craven County jury deliberated thirty minutes before returning a verdict of $1,875,000.00 for the...
- Brent Adams | January 10, 2008 12:14 AM |
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MiscellaneousAccording to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), cable network Home Shopping Network (HSN) has agreed to pay $875,000 as a settlement for charges that it failed to report serious personal injuries from pressure cookers sold on its shopping channel in a timely manner. From September of 2001 until approximately October of 2004, at least 25 incidents were reported to HSN by...
- Michael Byrne | January 08, 2008 5:39 PM |
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Workplace DiscriminationWhen longtime State employee Peggy Anderson applied for a promotion at Whitaker School, she thought she'd get promotional priority - a hiring preference over non-state employees - as the law requires. Instead, a non-state employee got the job. Peggy Anderson decided to fight back. Ms. Anderson hired Brent Adams attorney Michael Byrne, who argued in court that the State failed to give Ms....
- Brent Adams | January 08, 2008 3:02 AM |
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MiscellaneousIn a decision issued on Thursday, December 27, the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld limits on the verdicts that jurors in Ohio can return for damages in personal injury lawsuits.This Ohio law takes away the basic right to a trial by jury that Ohio citizens have relied on for hundreds of years of years. The legislation was passed when the Ohio legislature caved in to big money interests of big...
- Brent Adams | January 07, 2008 12:38 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs announced in a recent ruling by the Arizona Court of Appeals, retailers who hire security firms in to patrol their premises can be held liable for the wrongful conduct of the security firm. This is true even if the security firm is an independent contractor.The judges acknowledged that firms who hire independent contractors for such jobs generally cannot be sued for the activities of the...
- Brent Adams | January 03, 2008 12:04 AM |
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MiscellaneousIn the wake of the recall of diabetes test strips made by Bayer that were defective, here's another warning for those suffering from the disabling condition of diabetes. LifeScan Inc., another manufacturer of blood glucose testing strips, has made an announcement regarding the voluntary recall of its product after complaints from customers of readings that were inaccurate.The recall by LifeScan,...
- Jenny Albano | January 02, 2008 7:50 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Greyhound bus collided with a tractor-trailer on a highway near Henderson, North Carolina on Wednesday, December 2, injuring almost 50 people. The driver of the bus had to be airlifted to a local hospital with unknown injuries and the driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured from the accident.UNC Hospitals spokeswoman Stephanie Crayton said two people in critical condition were airlifted...
- Brent Adams | January 01, 2008 2:24 AM |
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MiscellaneousA 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,...