The North Carolina House earlier this summer passed a bill that would increase drunk boating penalties to the same as drunk driving. The bill is being called Sheyenne’s Law, which is named after a 17 year old girl who was killed in 2015 by a…
A Lake County OH Common Pleas Court judge refused last week to dismiss a Wickliffe OH hotel from a $5 million drowning lawsuit. Reginald Brown, a 23 year-old from Detroit, died in February 2014 while swimming at a Quality Inn pool in Wickliffe. His family…
Five students in North Carolina were hurt in 2015 by motorists who passed stopped school buses, and 13 North Carolina students have died due to drivers passing school buses since 1999. Those facts are the major reasons that starting Jan. 1, 2017, all North Carolina school…
A lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE) was filed earlier this week, with more than 50 plaintiffs blaming the organization for neurological injuries they suffered caused by performing in the WWE’s wrestling rings. The lawsuit also accuses the WWE, and its founder Vince McMahon,…
Fayetteville, North Carolina police have filed criminal charges against a man that caused an accident that left five people dead on Cliffdale Road in Fayetteville. A total of eight people were involved in the three car accident on July 1. The driver of a 2000…
The North Carolina Highway Patrol has charged a tractor trailer driver in an accident that killed a teenager in Gaston County last week. State troopers reported that the driver of the big rig was pulled over on the shoulder of I-85, a few miles south…
News media and safety advocacy agencies have issued numerous reports regarding how dangerous driving can be for teenagers. Tragically, the fatal death crash rate for teenagers between the ages of 16 through 19 is three times higher than the range for drivers who are 20…
Experts in the auto industry predict that by the year 2020, there will be 10 million self-driving cars on the road. Not only have automakers such as BMW, Mercedes, and Tesla already introduced or are currently developing vehicles that have self-driving features, even tech companies…
A man from Spartanburg SC has been charged in a drunk driving crash that killed a North Carolina man in June. The driver, a 32 year old male, has been charged with felony driving under the influence involving death, as well as two counts of…
A Charlotte, North Carolina woman has been charged with boating under the influence (BUI) after her companion went missing on Lake Wylie last Wednesday in North Carolina. The man’s body was recovered the next morning. Rescue crews were called to the lake at 9 PM on…
If you or a loved one suffered injuries in a car accident in North Carolina and you are considering a lawsuit, you may be wondering, “what is my case worth?” To be candid, there is no exact answer since there are many variables used to…
You likely happened upon this blog post because you, or a loved one, suffered an injury while visiting someone else’s property and have questions about your legal rights. It is important to understand basic premises liability law in North Carolina so you can determine whether…