A news story out of Asheboro, North Carolina (NC), might make you reconsider what it means to be a hero. A North Carolina woman who stopped to assist a person who had lost control and slammed into a guardrail on U.S. 64 is fighting for her life after being hit by a pickup truck. The…
In late May 2012, a civil trial jury in Bronx, New York (NY), awarded $120 million to a woman and her family. Jurors determined that three hospitals and two neurologists caused the woman’s brain damage and permanent disability by mismanaging her prescription drug therapy after she suffered a seizure in 2004. The woman received…
Riding your bike to school, as a child, was typically one’s first taste of independence. With the freedom to roam to and from home and school, many students relish their morning and afternoon commutes. But those rides can turn deadly when road conditions change unexpectedly. A Charlotte, North Carolina (NC), teenager was killed after being…
A 21-year-old all-terrain vehicle driver has been charged with misdemeanor for causing the death of 8-year-old passenger following a crash with a pickup truck on NC 561 in Franklin County, North Carolina (NC). The ATV driver reprtedly ran a stop sign, and he and another 4-year-old passenger suffered injuries in the collision. As North Carolina wrongful death lawyers,…
In a new blog post to our firm’s Virginia personal injury attorneys website, Rick Shapiro notes that even if someone creates a potential distraction for a person behind the wheel of a car or truck, only the driver has the ultimate responsibility for controlling the vehicle and avoiding an accident. To read more, click over…