Automobile Accidents

• YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY WILL TRY TO TAKE YOUR PERSONAL INJURY RECOVERY AWAY FROM YOU

  Brent Adams | May 14, 2008 12:22 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  An experienced personal injury lawyer should be consulted when the health insurance company is attempting to take away part of an injury victim's motor vehicle claim proceeds.

• Most Personal Injury Cases Are Settled

  Brent Adams | May 12, 2008 10:50 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Although it is better to take a claim all the way through court if the insurance company is not willing to offer a fair amount, settlement should always be the goal. If a claimant has a good personal injury lawyer who is ready to take his or her claim to trial, the cases will usually be settled short of having to actually go to trial.

• How Does the Amount of Damage to the Vehicle Affect the Value of a Personal Injury Claim?

  Brent Adams | May 11, 2008 1:20 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  The short answer to the question of whether the extent of damage to the victims vehicle makes a difference in the value of the personal injury claim is yes, it does make a big difference, but it should not!

• PERSONAL INJURY VICTIMS RECOVER MORE WHEN THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY A LAWYER

  Brent Adams | May 10, 2008 9:11 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  When someone asks me if they need a lawyer to represent them in their personal injury case, I sometimes think of the lawyer joke that goes something like this: Asking a...

• Defendant claims fainting is valid excuse for the death of five children

  Brent Adams | March 09, 2008 7:00 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Is a driver liable if he passes out at the wheel and injures someone? The answer in North Carlina is: it depends.A driver is obligated to operate his vehicle as a reasonable prudent person would do. If he fails to act in that manner and if someone is injured by that failure, that driver is responsible for all injuries that resultIf a driver has absolutely no reason to believe that he may be...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Pickup Truck Slams Into Back of Loaded School Bus

  Brent Adams | October 10, 2007 11:00 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Approximately 25 students in the Coats-Erwin middle School in North Carolina sought medical attention after the bus in which they were riding to school was rear-ended by a pickup truck.The collision occurred near Erwin, North Carolina on Red Hill Church Road near the intersection of Ash Avenue at about 7:10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 10, 2007.The Dunn, North Carolina Daily Record reported that...

• Ford Recalls 3.6 Million Vehicles because of Faulty Cruise Control

  Brent Adams | October 09, 2007 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  A defective cruise control switch has caused concern from owners about the safety of their cars. As a result, Ford motor company is recalling 3.6 million passenger cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans which contain this potentially dangerous cruise control switch.This switch has lead to previous recalls based upon reports of fires. This recall includes more than a dozen vehicle models...