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…
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…
According to WTKR.com, a 25-year-old pedestrian was walking in the middle of the U.S. Highway 17 bypass outside Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC), when he was hit and killed by a NC Highway patrol cruiser. The trooper driving the vehicle struck the man and did not suffer any injuries. Authorities are still investigating the incident…
A North Carolina woman is dead after her family’s vehicle was repeatedly struck on I-95 in Georgia and, ultimately, run off the road. According to jacksonville.com, a white Toyota with New York plates hit the SUV in which the was a passenger before causing it crash. The woman who lost her life was Jean Leonard, 60…
In his latest post to our law firm’s Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard blog site, my medical malpractice attorney colleague Jim Lewis upbraids lawmakers in the Tar Heel State for enacting legislation that caps pain and suffering awards for patients injured or killed by mistakes or errors in hospital emergency rooms. Jim notes – again –…