The weekend of July 22-24, 2011, brought northeastern North Carolina and southestern Virginia a short break from the suffocating heat wave that had gripped much of the country, but summer and its…
A few weeks ago on this site, my Carolina medical malpractice plaintiff’s attorney colleague Rick Shapiro applauded the governor’s veto of a North Carolina bill to limit noneconomic monetary damage…
In one of the first documented cases of its kind in the United States, a kidney transplant patient contracted AIDS from the kidney of a living donor, according to a report published in the March…
Some tort reform advocates not so keen on arbitrarily limiting damages for victims are proposing another idea to significantly alter our country’s medical malpractice system – health…
Despite empirical evidence pointing to the contrary, public officials continue to point to “tort reform” as a method of reducing health care costs. The House Judiciary Committee recently…
A tragic accident can have a devastating effect on friends and family of the victim. That devastation can get even worse when no one is held accountable for the accident. This past June a homeless…
Reports indicate that DePuy, manufacturer of the hip replacement device Acetabular ASR XL, paid 200 physicians across the country over $80 million. Some surgeons collected more than $1 million from…
The Chamber of Commerce is one of the biggest proponents of so-called “tort reform” which penalizes victims by denying access to the civil justice system and places an arbitrary cap on…
Authorities with the Federal Aviation Administration says four people are dead after a small plane crashed in southwest Arkansas. A spokesperson with the FAA reported that the single-engine airplane…
Many people struggle with back pain in their lifetime. Sometimes it’s low back pain or could be a twinge on a nerve. What you may not know is that 90 percent of people with back pain usually…
An Edenton man was killed and a Suffolk man was injured Monday night when a small plane crashed. So begins a June 9, 2010, Virginian-Pilot report of the second deadly general aviation accident in…
Did you know you’re legally required to move into the next lane or slow down by 20mph if an emergency vehicle (e.g. police car) is stopped on the side of the highway? If you didn’t know,…