In this day of the global internet and prevalent attorney advertising on TV and radio, we take pride in our efforts to deal promptly and directly with our clients. We have taken calls on several occasions from people who were represented in prior cases by larger, more aggressively advertising personal injury law firms who were…
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports there were 38.5 million people who sought medical treatment for a consumer product injury in 2010. Not every one of these those cases was necessarily directly due to product defects, the CPSC notes. But it is reasonable for us to assume that at least some of them were. There also were…
As the summer vacation season approaches, thoughts turn to time with family and friends and the beach, lake, and/or mountains. Unfortunately, vacations are sometimes marred by injuries suffered in vacation rental cottages. In light of the huge number of people who enjoy vacations in NC, injuries due to maintenance deficiencies in cottages are very small. …
Even when drivers and bike riders appear to be sharing the road safely and respectfully, dangers for serious and deadly injuries to the bicyclists exist. Riders can do much to prevent crashes by keeping left or staying in bike lanes, obeying traffic laws, wearing helmets and reflective clothing, and using lights at night. Those precautions…
When a large commercial truck collides with a car, SUV, pickup, or motorcycle, the results are often deadly. We call tractor-trailers big rigs precisely because their length and weight so far exceed those of smaller vehicles. Because semis are so large and dangerous, state and federal laws place high duties on commercial truck drivers and…