The family of a teenager from North Carolina (NC) have been awarded $10 million in a wrongful death lawsuit after he was shocked by a police Taser. The award was made against the manufacturer of the equipment. The Insurance Journal reported a federal jury last week awarded $10 million to the family of the 17-year-old who…
The family of a teenager from Charlotte, North Carolina (NC), has been awarded $10 million in a wrongful death lawsuit after he was twice shocked with a police Taser. The award was made against the manufacturer of the equipment when a jury found that Taser International did not provide adequate warning or instructions about the potentially…
The electrocution of a man from Virginia Beach, VA, while working on a power pole in Maryland (MD), on July 20, 2011, highlights the dangers faced every day by contractors and subcontractors who work with electricity. Brian Gillis, 39, from Virginia Beach, VA, was electrocuted while working for a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. subcontractor,…
In his latest post to our Carolina personal injury law firm’s Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard blog site, my colleague John C. writes about the tricky liability issues raised by a Swansea, South Carolina (SC), accident in which a tractor-trailer rear-ended a vehicle driven by a teenager who held only a learner’s permit and was not…
Many Americans may dismiss the news that a man working on a power pole was electrocuted as tragic but a risk associated with the profession. As an experienced Virginia (VA) electrical shock injury attorney, however, I know that such fatal accidents only occur because a regulation for working around electricity was violated. OSHA has some very…