InjuryBoard Fayetteville

Is a driver liable if he passes out at the wheel and injures someone? The answer in North Carlina is: it depends.A driver is obligated to operate his vehicle as a reasonable prudent person would do. If he fails to act in that manner and if someone is injured by that failure, that driver is responsible for all injuries that resultIf a driver has absolutely no reason to believe that he may be...

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A man from Fayette County, West Virginia has filed suit against a company in Kanawha County, West Virginia claiming that during his employment there, the company fired him in retaliation for his filing a workers' compensation claim. He also claims that his employer violated the West Virginia Human Rights Act.The suit was filed against Mountaineer Grading Company and Mickey Farmer on January 29...

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A federal jury awarded an Arkansas breast cancer victim $ 27.2 million punitive damages award yesterday on top of $ 2.7 million in compensatory damages after she developed breast cancer from taking the defendants' hormone replacement drugs.The jury found that the defendants had not adequately warned Donna Scroggin that the drugs caused an increased risk of developing breast cancer.She had...

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Barbara Shuford, a former employee of Regal Manufacturing Company, injured her knee in a work-related accident. The injury resulted in a medial meniscus tear. While the claim was held to be compensable by the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the employer and carrier appealed the Commission's holdings to the North Carolina Court of Appeals. After her injury, Ms. Shuford was laid off when...

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A recent news article about a workers' demonstration in Mississippi reminds us of how good North Carolina workers' compensation law is compared to the law in most other states.The unfortunate workers in Mississippi live with a 60 year limit on workers' compensation benefits. The current limit in Mississippi is 450 weeks of workers' compensation benefits, no matter how severe or permanent the...

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After the lifelong epilepsy of Oro Valley, Arizona native Randall Burger became uncontrollable, he applied for benefits from Social Security disability. The agency denied his claim.U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) says that 64 percent of initial claims for disability are turned down by the Social Security Administration.Giffords' office came to the aid of Burger and upon appeal, his...

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A big nightmare for plaintiff's lawyers is having the burden of trying to get an adequate award for a victim of two successive traumatic events (usually arising out of two separate automobile collisions).It is difficult , if not impossible, to sort out the degree of harm caused by each collision separate and apart from the other traumatic event.It is unusual for the two separate claims to be...

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Stevie Johnson, a custodial worker for the City of Winston-Salem, developed carpel tunnel syndrome after fifteen years of employment and the City of Winston-Salem denied his claim. Without access to health care through workers' compensation and with his health insurance running out, Mr. Johnson was forced to discontinue his medical treatment and physical rehabilitation. While normally, a...

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Diabetes is a leading cause of disability in the United States. Unfortunately, the poor who do not have access to good medical care are more prone to disability from this horrible disease that those who have access to good medical care.According to a study released on Friday, February 15 by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, managing the disabling condition of diabetes is made more...

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Penny M. Rumple Richardson was injured in a motor vehicle collision on May 16, 2001, while in performance of her work duties as a Certified Nursing Assistant in the employ of Maxim Healthcare/Allegis Group. Following the accident, Ms. Richardson noticed that her right breast was smaller than it had been prior to the accident and that the left breast had ripples. Since Ms. Richardson had...

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