InjuryBoard Fayetteville Archives

• Under-Insured Motorist Coverage is Important

  Brent Adams | March 23, 2007 2:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Although North Carolina requires motor vehicle owners to have liability insurance on all vehicles, the level of the required coverage is low. The law only requires liability insurance in the amount of $30,000.00 per person and $60,000.00 total for all occupants. With today's high cost of medical care, these limits are simply not enough.Therefore, it is important to have under-insured motorist...

• ERISA Does It Again

  Brent Adams | March 23, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, a federal law commonly referred to by its acronym ERISA, has been used by employers and related insurance companies to avoid their responsibility to their employees and insureds. Federal courts have construed ERISA in such a way that the insurance companies and employers have all the rights and the working public has very little rights. As a...

• Nurse Charged After Patient Injured

  Christina Cole | March 15, 2007 2:38 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  A health care worker employed by Conway Manor, an assisted living center, was charged with nursing home abuse on Wednesday.She was arrested by Georgetown Police while working at the Georgetown Health Care Assisted Living Center. On January 20th a patient at Conway Manor was found with a broken arm according to an incident report filed with Conway Police Department that led to the arrest of the...

• Employer in Construction Accident had been Cited Prior

  Christina Cole | March 09, 2007 1:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A subcontractor that employed five workers that were injured in a construction accident on Thursday had been cited in January for not having adequate safety measurements in place.On Thursday, five workers were hospitalized after the roof of a porch on a home that was under construction collapsed on the workers. The workers fell approximately 40 feet. Three of the five workers have been released...

• Deputy Struck by Drunk Driver

  Christina Cole | March 06, 2007 2:12 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A Polk County deputy hit by a suspected underage drunken driver that he was attempting to stop, has been listed in serious condition on Sunday at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.The officer was standing near a roadway setting up stop stick at an intersection when he was hit. He was preparing to stop the driver being chased after the driver had failed to stop for another officer at a previous...

• Man Driving Wrong Way Crashes with Tanker Truck

  Christina Cole | March 01, 2007 7:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A vehicle traveling north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 crashed into a tanker truck, causing the truck to overturn and the highway to be shut down in Cumberland County.The driver of the car, a Lumber Bridge man, is being charged with driving the wrong way and driving while impaired. The trooper investigating the tanker truck accident says the driver went 20 miles in the wrong...