My colleagues Rick Shapiro, John C., and Jim Lewis bestowed some of their extensive legal knowledge (each has been practicing law for over 20 years) in a seminar focused on injury law. This material is now available on our web site and is a must-read for anyone who is in the midst of a lawsuit…
The talk surrounding health care reform has criticized injury lawyers as swindling doctors and insurance companies out of millions of dollars due to “frivolous” lawsuits. However, the facts don’t support such accusations. In fact, reports indicate medical malpractice insurers are heaping in major profits. In 2008, the average profit of the top ten malpractice insurers…
Reading the pregnancy warnings section of the Paxil drug label is a troubling experience. For starters, the antidepressant known generically as paroxetine produces heart defects in as many of 2 percent of babies whose mothers take the drug during the first trimester. Many women taking the drug to relieve depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder or posttraumatic…
A Lexington, North Carolina couple was killed last Saturday morning in a traffic accident on N.C. 64 East. The victims of the two vehicle crash include: Grant Fredrick Smith, 66, of 173 John Beck Road, and his wife, Cynthia Hawks Smith, 67, who were killed when Grant Smith turned his Chrysler out into the path…
With several studies showing the growing danger of mobile technology in cars, the Secretary of Transportation called a two-day summit on distracted driving to explore the problem in-depth.