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.
Families who make the difficult decision to place an elderly parent or disabled spouse or child into a nursing home expect their loved one to receive sufficient and professional care. Sadly, incidents of sometimes shocking nursing home neglect appear to be on the rise. Worse,…
Police in Charlotte, North Carolina have charged a woman with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle after a mother and her child died in a crash on May 11. Charlotte police were called to the crash scene just before 8 am to the accident on Eastway…
A women in Houston this month claimed her vehicle’s sunroof exploded while she was driving, which is a problem that Consumer Reports has said is happening more often. The woman told the media it happened to her when she was driving normally on the highway,…
North Carolina state police reported May 12 they had filed charges against a driver in a four car wreck that killed a mother and her three year old son. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police stated that the 27 year old woman and her son were killed when a…
Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash in Logan County, West Virginia on April 18, according to the West Virginia State Police. The crash happened at 4 pm on US 119 and Old Logan Road. The state police reported the driver and passenger in…
A new study from a consumer research group shows that South Carolina ranks #3 in the country for fatal drunk driving crashes. Data from the website ValuePenguin.com shows that even though it has less than half the population of North Carolina, drunk driving deaths are…
A 16 year old boy was charged in a fatal head-on crash on April 3 in Gaston County, North Carolina, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The boy was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and careless and reckless driving. The fatal car accident happened…
There are hundreds of prescription medicines available that greatly improve patients’ quality of life. These drugs are supposed to go through extensive testing before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants approval to the manufacturer to market the drug. Unfortunately, too many of these medic
North Carolina is ranked #5 in the percentage of fatal accidents involving drivers who are 65 or older, according to a nonprofit transportation research group. The number of older drivers who are involved in fatal accidents is rising faster than the overall population of people…
A woman from North Carolina pleaded guilty to DUI this week for a crash that killed a man in July 2014 and left a Dillon County, South Carolina police officer with brain damage. The woman pleaded guilty on April 8 and was sentenced to 15…
A tour bus going to the Masters golf tournament last week flipped over on a Georgia interstate, injuring at least 12 people. The bus driver has been charged with DUI. The bus was carrying 18 passengers and crashed at 8:45 PM on April 5. The…
Over a recent St. Patricks Day weekend in South Carolina, state troopers made 135 drunk driving arrests. But many families who have lost their loved ones in drunk driving crashes say that current drunk driving laws in South Carolina are too lax. They also argue…
