Richard N. Shapiro (Rick) is a personal injury trial attorney, American inventor, and international award-winning fiction author. One of his co-authored legal treatises was published in the American Jurisprudence “Trials” Law Encyclopedia.
A propane tank ruptured at a home in Nags Head at 12:06 p.m. on May 6, 2009. Dare County EMS and Nags Head Fire and Rescue were called to the home with a report of a propane explosion. The…
A Kinston, North Carolina (NC) man is recuperating only days after he was attacked my two menacing Pit Bulls that were apparently on the loose in his neighborhood. The victim, L.H. Clemmons, has…
19 year-old Joseph Williams is fighting for his life after losing his leg from a three car accident. Williams was changing his tire by the roadside around 8:PM on May 2, 2009 when a car driven by…
I just returned from the Buffalo, NY funeral of my good friend, Michael Doran, a successful personal injury lawyer from Buffalo, New York, who last week died in a Cirrus SR20 plane he was…
In 2007 Medtronic, the company that made Sprint Fidelis heart defibrillator cable stopped selling the product after five patients who had the cables died. But now that the cable is off of the…
If you pay attention to the dates when people are more likely to be killed or harmed by errors by hospital staff including nurses and doctors, you see a clear pattern in North Carolina and…
Swimming pools are such a large part of the summer in North Carolina and the Outer Banks (OBX). Children cannot get enough of the pool and other water attractions during the heat of their break…
As bikini and bathing suit weather fast approaches along the Outer Banks of North Carolina the idea of slimming down before venturing out to the ocean or pool is a common thought as each day grows…
Newly elected President, Barack Obama, is being dubbed by some as the gun salesman of the year. Since elected, gun sales have skyrocketed nationwide including here in Eastern Carolina. Some…
The law of North Carolina (NC) that governs lawsuits against doctors, hospitals, nurses or other health care providers requires certification before you can go to court–certification that an…
In light of 35 fatal helicopter crashes over the last two years, the Federal Aviation Administration plans to propose a new ruling requiring medical helicopters to use collision avoidance systems….
Those who have vacationed on the beaches of Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Kitty Hawk or the Northern Beaches of the Outer Banks, North Carolina are probably familiar with large holes which have been…