A hit-and-run is usually an accident in which the erring driver flees the scene of the crash. If you or anyone with you is injured, or your car is damaged in a hit-and-run accident, first ensure everyone’s safety. It is always useful to have prior knowledge about the protection your car insurance coverage provides in…
Accidents may occur at anytime to anyone. Negligence on someone’s part might lead to an accident and cause injury to you. The big question in this scenario is who pays for your medical treatment? A personal injury settlement is an excellent outcome as long as it is fair and just. Winning a favorable verdict in…
I recently received an email alert that the North Carolina Department of Transportation had updated its website with information on driving in winter weather. NCDOT does this annually because, as anyone who has struggled to keep a car or truck on the road as a nor’easter howled or as snow and ice covered the pavement…
Let’s start with some definitions, both from the authoritative Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School. Comparative negligence [is] a tort rule for allocating damages when both parties are at least somewhat at fault. In a situation where both the plaintiff and the defendant were negligent, the jury allocates fault, usually as…
An injury you don’t hear or read much about occurs fairly frequently in the types of accidents that lead to personal injury lawsuits and insurance claims. People shy away from mentioning this particular problem because it is, to use a technical term, nightmarish. Degloving injuries are real-life body horror. [Trust us. Only click these links…