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• College Sued For Alcohol Related Death Of Student

  Brent Adams | August 23, 2009 10:12 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  In Utah, there has been a recent death that has been related to drinking on a college campus. In this event the family of the young college student is actually suing the school for wrongful...

• Two Motorcyclists Killed When Driver Crosses Center Line

  Brent Adams | August 22, 2009 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  A couple, traveling through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park became victims in a fatal accident. The victims have been identified in the crash as a couple who were traveling from South...

• Beware of Salmonella

  Brent Adams | July 09, 2009 9:45 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  As with anything that can lead to an illness there is always worry and despair. This is especially the case if it is a disease that is caused from poor food handling by someone else. There is a case...

• Penalty for Lack of Workers' Compensation Insurance Determined by Law in North Carolina

  Margaret Embry | June 24, 2009 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  A former employee of a car wash in North Carolina has sued the car wash business for workers' compensation benefits for injuries sustained in a slip-and-fall accident, according to Risk &...

• Hazards Of Working With Parts Washing Machines

  Brent Adams | February 23, 2009 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  The use of parts washing machines which use recycled solvents cause a serious hazard to workers. These parts washing machines are periodically filled with solvent which degreases parts for auto...

• Back Injuries Compensable Without Accident

  Brent Adams | February 20, 2009 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  A worker who injured his or her back while working may recover workers’ compensation benefits for this back injury even if the injury did not result from an accident. Ordinarily, in order to...

• Don’t Forget Your Own Med Pay Coverage

  Brent Adams | February 19, 2009 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  We have written in previous newsletters about the importance of medical payment insurance coverage which is available as part of a car owner’s liability policy. This insurance is commonly...

• Attaching Tow Chain Results In Insurance Coverage

  Brent Adams | February 18, 2009 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled that a man who was killed while attaching a chain to another man’s car was covered by the other man’s underinsured motorist policy. As a...

• Jury Service -- It’s A Privilege

  Brent Adams | February 17, 2009 9:05 AM | 1 CommentFayetteville, NC

  Many people dread being called to serve as a juror. In most counties in North Carolina jury service requires at least a good part of a week, because even if the citizen is not called to sit on a...

• Motel Chain Pays For Shooting In Franchisee’s Lot

  Brent Adams | February 16, 2009 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Days Inn of America, Inc., a national motel chain, has agreed to pay $600,000 to a 65 year old Delaware man who was shot in the stomach at the Selma Days Inn. This is true even though the Selma Days...