Police investigators in Liberty, South Carolina reported April 8 that a man from Anderson, South Carolina is facing several charges after he led officers on a police chase that ended with a crash that killed another driver. Police officers in South Carolina tried to pull…
A 26 year old man has been charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and felony passing a stopped school bus, after he struck and killed a 16 year old boy at a school bus stop in late March. The early police investigation indicated that the 16…
As spring is approaching, it is imperative for North Carolina boaters to be aware that the state legislature enacted tougher drunk boating laws in the state in 2016. Last summer, the state enacted a new laws that increases drunk boating penalties for those who are…
A Cofield, North Carolina farmer has been charged in the March 6 death of a motorcyclist in a crash with his farm truck. The fatal North Carolina motorcycle accident happened on the corporate limits of Cofield on Ahoski-Cofield Road. The North Carolina State Police reported…
When a 63 year old Raligh, North Carolina man was hit and killed earlier this week, he was just one of a rising number of pedestrians killed in North Carolina and the nation this month. Many of these pedestrian fatalities involve hit and run drivers.…
Police in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina have identified a car passenger who was killed on March 16 in a drunk driving crash. The woman’s name was Wendy Stokes, 34, and she died at the DUI crash scene at the intersection of Freedom Drive and Thriftwood Drive…
Every location where a set of railroad tracks crosses a road is the potential site of a crash with a car, truck, bicycle or pedestrian — usually a deadly or permanently disabling crash. My Carolina personal injury and wrongful death law firm colleagues know this…
More than 2,500 lawsuits across the United States aim to answer the question of whether a case of ovarian cancer, mesothelioma or other form of genitourinary cancer can be linked to the plaintiff’s lifelong use of a product like Johnson & Johnson’s talc-containing Baby Powder…
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently discovered that brake problems raise the risk for serious commercial truck crashes by nearly 400 percent. Researchers who analyzed reports of wrecks involving box trucks and tractor-trailers in North Carolina also discovered that violating r
Some cheered when details of the Trump administration’s five-point plan for lowering health care costs was revealed during the president’s address to Congress on Feb. 28, 2017. Item four drew special, largely negative attention for being both a decades-old idea and one that has consistently…
Britax Child Safety Inc. has issued a recall for more than 700,000 of their strollers which have the Click & Go receiver mounts option because there is a risk of the car seat detaching from the stroller base and falling. The recalled models include Britax…
A new study recently published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) warns of the dangers associated with the increase in the amount of psychiatric medication that doctors are prescribing to seniors. The study found that the spike in polypharmacy – prescribing multiple medications…
