Miscellaneous

• Social Security Disability Cheaters Make It Difficult For Legitimate Claimants

  Brent Adams | December 30, 2007 12:44 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A couple in Rapid City, South Dakota was indicted in federal court on the week beginning with Sunday, December 16 for allegedly lying to the government in order to receive fraudulent Social Security benefits for disability.According to the indictment, Lonnie Holloman has been the recipient of $123,333 in fraudulent Social Security Disability Income since he sustained an injury to his back in...

• Celebrity Sues Drug Manufacturer

  Brent Adams | December 06, 2007 11:38 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife have sued the manufacturer of the blood-thinning drug heparin after their twin babies nearly died from a massive overdose of the widely distributed drug.The twins were given 10,000 units of heparin rather that the 10 units of heplock, a diluted version of heparin.It was a terrifying time for the Quaids as their newborn twins, a boy and a girl, fought for their...

• Disabled diabetes victims may collect full Social Security disability insurance benefits.

  Brent Adams | December 06, 2007 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Diabetes is one of the leading causes of disability in the United States. This horrible disease is a leading cause of heart disease, blindness, and nerve damage and kidney failure.Many United Stated citizens are disabled as a result of complications from diabetes.These disabled Americans are entitled to full Social Security disability insurance benefits. If you are unable to earn a substantial...

• Backlog of Social Security Disibility Claims At An All Time High

  Brent Adams | December 04, 2007 11:29 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The backlog of disability cases that are on appeal currently facing the Social Security Administration is at an all time high and still continually rising. In the past six years, the backlog has doubled and by the year 2010, it could reach 1 million, according to Social Security. However, despite these bleak statistics, there are several agencies who offer help to low-income claimants during the...

• Huge Salaries Paid to Medical Malpractice Insurance Company Execs

  Brent Adams | December 04, 2007 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  When listening to the false propaganda generated by insurance companies concerning the alleged "medical malpractice crisis", you should consider the huge salaries paid to the four top executives of Medical Mutual Insurance Company of North Carolina. These four executives collected over $2 million paid for their services in 2006. When you hear numbers like that, you need to ask yourself the...

• A big Verdict: But it will not pay the bills

  Brent Adams | December 02, 2007 6:26 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  What do you think about when you hear that a jury has a returned a verdict for $10.4 million dollars? A runaway jury? The lawsuit lottery? Rapacious lawyers? All of the above? A stunning verdict recently returned in Forsyth County, North Carolina demonstrates that what some people might call a runaway verdict, is actually very modest when compared to the tremendous losses suffered by the...

• Children Under Age 18 Applying for SSI

  Vance Jennings | November 30, 2007 4:57 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Q: Is the claims process different for a child under 18 applying for SSI?A: Yes. First, a child must have an impairment or combination of impairments resulting in severe functional limitations. Generally, there are three steps: (1) Is there substantial gainful activity? If the answer is yes, the claim is denied. (2) Does the claimant have severe impairment(s) that cause more than a...

• Jetmax International Recalls Children's Wooden Storage After Child's Death

  Jenny Albano | November 17, 2007 2:27 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Jetmax International Ltd., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 36,000 boy's and girl's storage racks with canvas totes after the death of an eight-month old boy.The infant was asphyxiated after the storage rack fell on top of him; the top rail of the shelf fell onto the boy's neck. The company has not received any other reports of incidents. Jetmax International decided to recall...

• Modest Increase Approved for Workers' Compensation Rates in NC

  Sheila Chavis | October 29, 2007 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Despite a requested increase of 5.9%, it has recently been announced that NC Workers' Comp rates will only increase by 1.6%. This is a relatively minor increase, compared to a 7.3% increase in 2006 and a 9.3% increase in 2005.Business owners, through their lobbyists, have emphasized that one of their major cost concerns is the expense of workers' compensation insurance. The N.C. Rate Bureau,...

• Jeep Recall

  Christina Medlin | October 05, 2007 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  One Saturday while out shopping, my brakes simply stopped working. Most of the time when a person's brakes fail, the brake pedal will go completely to the floor, with no resistance. However, when my brakes failed to work it was as if something was preventing me from pressing the brake. I stomped on the brake, but nothing happened. The pedal did not move. I immediately pulled the emergency...