Almost everyone uses social media these days – Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z. There are even many of the so-called “Silent” generation (those born before 1946) who have a Facebook, Twitter, or other social media account. Social media can be a great way…
On July 30, 1994, the Conley family, tenants at a summer vacation rental cottage in Emerald Isle, North Carolina, suffered serious injuries when the second story deck on the cottage collapsed beneath them. A lawsuit was initiated against the owners of the cottage and the…
In the United States, the federal agency that is in charge of making sure that the products we use every day are safe is the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Included in the CPSC’s bailiwick are products made for infants and children. These products have…
Nearly every one of the arguments insurance adjusters use to deny or minimize settlements for personal injury claims boil down to the schoolyard bully’s taunt of “Aw, ya ain’t hurt all that bad!” Waiting to receive medical care after a traffic accident, slip and fall,…
During 2017, North Carolina saw 709 serious crashes involving motor vehicles and bicycles. These collisions left 681 bike riders injured and 21 people dead. The wrecks occurred all over the state, but Dare County, one the Outer Banks locales that our personal injury and wrongful…