All Topics

• Congresswoman Warns About Too Many Social Security Disability Denials

  Brent Adams | February 25, 2008 12:40 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  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...

• Successive Auto Collisions: Difficult To Get An Adequate Avard

  Brent Adams | February 23, 2008 11:36 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  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...

• Court Decision on Employee Discontinuing Medical Treatment

  Robin Martinek | February 22, 2008 1:20 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  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...

• Lack of Madical Care Increases Risk of Diabetes

  Brent Adams | February 19, 2008 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  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...

• Injured Employee Only Gets One Breast Implant

  Robin Martinek | February 15, 2008 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  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...

• Icy Hot Is Recalled After Users Are Burned

  Brent Adams | February 13, 2008 1:09 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  In a move that could lead to a rash of products liability suits, Chattern, Inc. , the manufacturer of Icy Hot and related products announced that it was voluntarily recalling its' Icy Hot Heat Therapy and a number of related products.Consumers have reported first, second and third degree burns after using these products. Some users reported having skin irritation after use of the...

• Another Chinese Disaster: Defective Bicycles Folgged Off on The United States

  Brent Adams | February 11, 2008 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Trek Bicycle Corp., based out of Waterloo, Wisconsin, has issued a voluntary recall of approximately 49,000 girls bicycles due to the risk of frames possibly breaking during use of the bikes. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, the company has already received reports of 13 incidents of frames breaking The CPSC also said that four of those incidents were reported...

• Two Employees Injured In Convenience Store Shooting

  Robin Martinek | January 18, 2008 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  On January 5, 2008, in Gaston County, two employees of a "mom and pop" convenience store were shot when an armed individual came in shooting in a violent robbery attempt as the two were closing the store. The shooting left the couple in critical condition. While the 16-year old alleged assailant was arrested within days of the shooting, his capture does not help the two employees victimized...

• Sever teenagers and one adult killed in "a death trap on wheels".

  Brent Adams | January 17, 2008 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  In the Bathurst, New Brunswick traffic accident that occurred on January 12 involving the death of seven high school basketball players and one adult passenger, it was discovered that the passenger van used by the team has long been banned from the transportation of public school students in a majority of the U.S. and some provinces in Canada. The 15-seat Ford Club Wagon's design made it...

• MARK GERAGOS IS WASTING HIS TIME; HE WILL LOSE: ONLY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS CAN CORRECT THE INJUSTICE

  Brent Adams | January 14, 2008 1:09 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  The tragic story of Nataline Sarkisyan has been widely publicized. The facts are sad indeed. Young Miss Sarkisyan was diagnosed with leukemia at age 14. The cancer went into remission for two years when the leukemia relapsed. Just before Thanksgiving, Nataline's brother donated bone marrow for a transplant that was at first successful in putting her cancer back into remission....