Randy Appleton has decades of experience practicing personal injury law. He has handled complex injury lawsuits in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Railroad workers – including trainmen, conductors, engineers, switchmen, etc. – are exposed to hazardous chemicals and toxic fumes on a regular basis. Unfortunately, many of the big railroad companies neglected to take the necessary safety precautions to reduce the health hazards associated with thi
Consumers that have a hoverboard in their home or garage should also have a fire extinguisher handy, warns the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). These mini Segways are proving to be 2015’s most popular, albeit dangerous, Christmas gift, after reports of multiple fires and…
The Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act, also referred to as the FACT Act, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, poses significant harm to asbestos victims and their families. In short, the FACT Act would forfeit the privacy of individuals suffering from asbestos disease by…
The phrase, “no fee if no recovery,” is more than likely a phrase you’ve become acquainted with if you sustained injuries in a car accident and sought legal help. Most North Carolina personal injury attorneys have a “no fee if no recovery” policy. In short,…
No, you should not give the truck insurance adjuster a recorded statement. But, why not?! The short answer is because it’s not in your best interest. Within days of getting into a truck accident, letters and phone calls from the “at-fault” insurance adjuster will likely…
On May 31, 2015, a 6-year-old girl drowned in a private pool in Virginia Beach, VA. Very little information was made public about the tragedy, but it prompted the head of the city’s Emergency Medical Services Division to share these backyard pool safety tips with…
