Miscellaneous

• Raleigh, North Carolina News and Observer Asks for Tougher Dog Bite Laws

  Brent Adams | February 13, 2008 12:34 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  North Carolina's dog bite laws are not sufficient to protect citizens from dangerous dogs in an increasingly urban environment.In a recent editorial, the Raleigh, North Carolina News and Observer, urged state and municipal lawmakers to enact tougher law to protect urban dog bite victims. When dog bites man, it may not always make the news; however, the personal injuries received by the victim...

• Criminal Case Highlights Danger of Representative Payees

  Brent Adams | February 11, 2008 11:43 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  According to United States Attorney Catherine Hanaway and the Police Chief of Macon, Missouri, Steve Olinger, a Macon couple, Donald and Mary Hicks, have been indicted on charges of stealing a total of $86,534 in benefits from Social Security Disability from another couple that was in their care. In the September of 1998, Donald Hicks was chosen by the Social Security Administration as a...

• Manufacturer of deer stand pays penalty for late reporting after recalling deer stands

  Brent Adams | January 19, 2008 9:28 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Manufacturer 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...

• Dangerous dog attacks provoke stronger legislation

  Brent Adams | January 14, 2008 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  As 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...

• Home Shopping Network Pays Fine For Failure To Report Defective Pressure Cookers

  Brent Adams | January 10, 2008 12:14 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  According 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...

• Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Law Which Takes Away Basic Rights Of Citizens

  Brent Adams | January 08, 2008 3:02 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  In 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...

• Store Owners Liable For Wrongdoing Of Security Firms Hired As Independent Contractors

  Brent Adams | January 07, 2008 12:38 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  As 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...

• Another Manufacturer of Diabetes Test Strips Recalls Product

  Brent Adams | January 03, 2008 12:04 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  In 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,...

• Sears Sued For Defective Radial Arm Saw

  Brent Adams | January 01, 2008 2:24 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A 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,...

• Jury Returns $ 4.4 million Verdict For Death Of Beloved Coach

  Brent Adams | December 31, 2007 1:56 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The family of a beloved coach Yarmouth, Massachusetts killed in a bus accident outside of Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts won a personal injury/wrongful death suit from a Suffolk Superior Court jury worth a minimum of $4.4 million. . The jury returned their verdict late Tuesday December 18, 2007.The accident occurred in the fall of 2003 as a bus shuttled passengers to the parking lot...