InjuryBoard Fayetteville Archives

• Two Employees Injured In Convenience Store Shooting

  Robin Martinek | January 18, 2008 3:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  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 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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....

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

  Brent Adams | January 11, 2008 3:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  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 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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...