Daughter Sues After Mom Falls To Death Under Care Of Dunn, NC, Nursing Home
After her elderly mother was not given her medication, she left her nursing home and fell to her death in a ravine.
Teen Fractures Vertebrae After 70-Foot Fall In Franklin, North Carolina
A young man in North Carolina slipped on rocks and fell 70 feet down a waterfall last week, injuring his back and head. He is expected to make a full recovery.
Durham Man Critically Injured in Collision on U.S. 70
U.S. Highway 70 was closed down by Durham police for a brief period of time as they responded to a two vehicle collision. A 1992 Toyota driven by Theophilus Parker of Durham in the eastbound lane ran off the right side of U.S. 70, spinning out of control. The car came back across the eastbound…
Tractor Trailer Driver Blamed for Fatal I-64 Accident Apparently Fatigued, on Cell Phone
A federal judge has order a semi driver and his employer to pay St. Louis, Missouri (Mo.), couple a total of $18 million for pain, suffering and past and future medical expenses. The driver, identified by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as Jeffrey D. Knight, was employed by Alabama-based Holmes Transport Inc. when he apparently caused…
Are Railroad Workers Contracting A Variety of Cancers From Past Exposure to Radioactive Cargo on Railroads?
My railroad injury attorney-partner, Richard N. Shapiro, posted a library article covering railroad workers developing cancers (lung, brain, colon, blood and others) after prolonged workplace exposures to radioactive/radiation substances (uranium or plutonium contaminated scrap metal and wastes). He relates the curernt results of various subpoenas and Freedom of Information Act requests.This is a real eye…