Automobile Accidents

• Bus Accident Critically Injuries Minor

  Christina Medlin | April 13, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Monday, April 9, Anusha Vasudeva was struck by a minivan Monday morning while running to her bus stop in Morrisville. In NC under the doctrine of contributory negligence, a child between the ages of 7 and 14 is presumed to be incapable of contributory negligence. This presumption may be overcome by evidence that the child did not use the care which a child of its age, capacity, discretion,...

• Man Kiilled In Motorcycle-Car Accident

  Brent Adams | April 05, 2007 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A Raleigh man died early Tuesday in a motorcycle accident when his bike collided with a car on Millbrook Road. Authorities say the victim was speeding - going almost 60 in a 45 mph zone.Jared Phillip Weaver, 25, of 6837 Coventry Ridge Road, was headed east on Millbrook Road about 2 a.m. when he hit a car making a left turn onto Millbrook, according to an accident report from Raleigh police.The...

• Minors and Contributory Negligence

  Staff Writer | April 03, 2007 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Hypothetical: A car is speeding through a neighborhood, and the car strikes and injuries a child who ran across the road to check the mail.This hypothetical raises at least three legal issues: 1) was the driver negligent? 2) was the child negligent? 3) and, did the driver have the last clear chance to avoid the collision? This article focuses on the second issue: was the child contributorily...

• Injured Pedestrian Wins USPS Lawsuit

  Brent Adams | March 23, 2007 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A federal judge from the Western District of North Carolina has found that a mail carrier was negligent and breached his duty of care to the plaintiff as a pedestrian by failing to look forward before moving his vehicle. As a result, he struck a 68-year-old lady who was attempting to return a mis-delivered package of medicine. The plaintiff, on Saturday, March 8, 2003, received from a...

• Auto Accident? Be Sure To Collect Your Med-Pay Coverage

  Staff Writer | March 11, 2007 6:03 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Many automobile collision victims lose thousands of dollars because they do not know about the insurance benefit commonly known as "Med-Pay." Most vehicles in North Carolina are covered by Med-Pay. Many people do not know they have this coverage when it is available to them. Med-Pay is the medical payment provision written into most liability insurance policies.This coverage provides that it...

• North Carolina Officer Dies in Crash

  Christina Cole | February 27, 2007 3:10 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Early Saturday, a Durham police officer was killed in a car wreck after he lost control of his patrol car and slammed into an overpass support.The officer, 33, was traveling west on Holloway Street at 3am, to help a fellow officer with a traffic stop. He swerved out of control and crashed into a concrete column that supports the U.S 70 overpass, said police.This is the second serious accident...