Automobile Accidents

• North Carolina Takes Action To Reduce Teenage Deaths

  Brent Adams | April 18, 2009 4:48 PM | 1 CommentRaleigh, NC

  Over 550 teenagers were killed motor vehicle collisions in North Carolina during the past four years. Motor vehicle collisions are the leading cause of deaths among 15 to 20 year olds. ...

• Dad Liable For Son’s Negligence

  Brent Adams | February 18, 2009 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The North Carolina Court of Appeals has recently ruled that a father who held title to his teenage son’s car must go to trial on the issue of the dad’s liability for the son’s...

• Personal Injury Recovery May Be Subject To Medical Liens

  Brent Adams | February 16, 2009 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  North Carolina law provides that doctors, hospitals and other health care providers may obtain a lien against the proceeds from the injured party’s recovery from a personal injury action. ...

• Uninsured Motorist Coverage

  Brent Adams | February 08, 2009 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  North Carolina law requires that all vehicles licensed in North Carolina carry liability insurance in an amount no less than $30,000. This mandatory liability insurance is for the purpose of...

• Fibromyalgia

  Brent Adams | February 06, 2009 9:29 AM | 3 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Fibromyalgia is a medical condition which is the subject of increased litigation in the areas of personal injury and worker’s compensation. Another actively litigated medical condition is...

• What Can I Recover for Pain and Suffering

  Brent Adams | February 05, 2009 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Perhaps the most difficult element of damage to assess in a personal injury case is the damage for which an injured person is entitled to recover as a result of pain and suffering which occurs as a...

• In April of 1998 North Carolina State Bar Issued a Letter of Caution to Allstate

  Brent Adams | February 03, 2009 8:47 AM | 5 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The North Carolina State Bar has determined that Allstate Insurance Company engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when it sent a letter to motorist who have had accidents with Allstate policy...

• What Can I Recover for Loss of Use of Party of My Body

  Brent Adams | February 02, 2009 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  North Carolina law provides that if an injured party suffers the loss of use of a part of his or her body such as a leg, arm or an eye the injured party may recover their compensation for the...

• Don’t Lose Money By Settling Too Soon

  Brent Adams | October 21, 2008 11:14 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Some insurance companies, particularly Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, have made it a practice of appearing on an injured person’s doorstep within one or two days after a collision....

• North Carolina Jury Returns Low Verdict For Neck Injury

  Brent Adams | July 06, 2008 10:22 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A Dobson County jury returned a verdict of $45,000.00 in favor of a victim of a rear-end collision who sustained a neck injury. As a result of neck injury which was caused by the collision the claimant’s doctors recommended a cervical fusion of the neck. The surgical fusion would have involved joining together the C5-C6 cervical discs so that there would be no movement between the two discs. Both an orthopedic spine specialist and a neurosurgeon recommended this surgery.