Civil charges that a Norfolk police officer used excessive force when he repeatedly used his Taser to shock a mentally disabled woman because she would not turn down the radio she played while exercising with a hula hoop near Wards Corner have been settled for $65,000. The Virginian-Pilot reported on Saturday that Pamela Brown’s legal…
I noticed over the weekend that an Oklahoma (OK) man has filed a lawsuit against the surgeon who mistakenly operated on and severely damaged his healthy knee. Earlier this year, William Paul Boykin went to Bailey Medical Center to have arthroscopic surgery to repair damage in one knee. According to court filings summarized in a…
In the small town known as Bunnlevel just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina an elderly lady was struck and killed by a car while crossing the road by her house. The 80-year-old woman was walking across the road in front of her home as she probably has done for years and years. However, last Saturday…
An assisted living center in Warren County has been closed by the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation. According to the report the Floyd McKissick Senior Assisted Living Center in Norlina received zero stars under the state’s adult care licensure rating system. This is the lowest rating possible. An inspection made at the facility…
Police suspect alcohol and speed combined to take two lives and damage two others in Norfolk during the early morning hours of Saturday, June 11. According to press reports, a Hyundai ran a red light at the intersection Johnstons Road and N. Military Highway around 2 a.m., killing 20-year-old Norfolk resident Michael Hall and Laura…