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• NEGLIGENCE RESULTING IN DEATH OF MOTHER AND SON NETS $900,000 SETTLEMENT

  Brent Adams | January 11, 2008 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  A mother in her twenties and her six year old son were killed in a motor vehicle collision which occurred when the defendant truck driver backed a semi tractor-trailer from his driveway into the roadway in front of the mother and her son.A mother in her twenties and her six year old son were killed in a motor vehicle collision which occurred when the defendant truck driver backed a semi...

• Terminally Ill Social Security Disability Claimants Will Receive Benefits Faster With Proposed Legislation

  Brent Adams | January 09, 2008 11:43 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Social security disability law now requires all claimants to wait 5 months after their disability to began collecting disability benefits.A bill proposed by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) would remove the 5 month waiting period for terminally ill claimants.The purpose of the 5 month waiting period, a standard back-to-work benchmark was meant to avoid paying benefits to those who don't have...

• Workers are entitled to workers' compensation payments when they are injured at an employer sponsored social function

  Brent Adams | January 09, 2008 12:10 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  In recent decisions , the Supreme Court of Montana has ruled in favor of two employees on the issue of whether their injuries from an accident which occurred off premises on a break and at an employer sponsored social or recreational of function were within the course and scope of employment and therefore payable.The court says that the employees are due benefits for the personal injuries...

• Social Security Disability Recipients To Get Debit Card

  Brent Adams | January 07, 2008 10:42 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  The Treasury Department has made plans to introduce a prepaid debit card for recipients of Social Security, including those receiving disability, in an effort to provide benefits payments that are safer and cheaper.The Direct Express debit card is to be introduced in a handful of states in the coming spring and rolled out by the end of the coming summer. Comerica Inc.'s Comerica Bank has been...

• Workers' Compensation Cheaters Hurt Injured Employees With Legitimate Claims

  Brent Adams | January 06, 2008 11:39 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  The news media loves sensationalism. Bad deeds seem to be more interesting than good deeds. That is why newspapers and television newscasters love to give publicity to killers, crooks and other wrongdoers.One of these cheaters received a lot of publicity lately for a crime that did far greater harm that may at first seem apparent.David VanDeusen, of Tully New York plead guilty to collecting $...

• Suit Against 8 Year Old Causes Outrage

  Brent Adams | January 03, 2008 10:50 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  The nation appears to be angered by the suit brought against an 8 year old boy who skied into an adult skier in ColoradoAccording to a lawyer in Pennsylvania , the personal injury lawsuit a couple from South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania filed against an 8-year-old boy who crashed into the husband while skiing in Colorado may be unpopular, but it is justifiable. According to Jim Chalat, the...

• Retail Stores Becoming Concerned About "Heelys"

  Brent Adams | January 02, 2008 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Wary about potential premises liability issues and personal injuries, many stores and malls are taking precautions when it comes to trendy wheeled sneakers. One such place is Dubuque, Iowa, where stores are implementing policy changes and new signage.According to Zach Shank, manager of a Hy-Vee in the city, the shoes have been banned in his store. He said the decision was prompted by complaints...

• Warning To Those Suffering From Diabetes

  Brent Adams | December 30, 2007 12:17 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Here's a warning for those suffering from the disabling condition of diabetes. A recall has been announced of testing strips for diabetes produced by Bayer Diabetes Care due to the strips providing results that are false for tests of blood glucose.The strips the recall was announced for are used with the Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter and are from lots designated with a WK followed by 7D, 7E,...

• Mass Settlement in Defective Cardiac Defibrillator Claims

  Brent Adams | December 29, 2007 11:52 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  According to Medtronic Inc., it has reached a settlement agreement of $114.1 million in order to settle product liability lawsuits related to the company's Marquis line of implanted cardiac defibrillators.The Minneapolis-based company, which makes implantable biomedical devices, will settle 2,682 cases for $95.6 million and $18.5 million in attorney's fees. However, according to the company, the...

• Victims Warn Of Social Security Scam

  Brent Adams | December 12, 2007 11:09 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Two Nebraska women are warning those retired, on disability, or otherwise to be careful of phone calls from individuals claiming to be from the Social Security Administration.According to Gina Slavik, she took one such call and as a result, ended up losing money. Slavik referred to the individual she received the phone call from as "smooth." He called her with the message that she was owed a...