Automobile Accidents

• Drunk driver crashes into car at 100 miles per hour

  Brent Adams | September 25, 2007 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  A drunk driver with a blood alcohol content of .22 -almost three times the legal limit - crashed into the rear of another vehicle on I-95 in Benson, North Carolina, Saturday night, September 22.The drunk driver was was speeding 100 miles per hour at the time of impact.Four people were injured and went to the hospital as a result of the wreck. The collision occurred around 11:00 p.m. during...

• Verdict of Six Million Dollars Returned in Trucking Collision

  Brent Adams | September 18, 2007 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  A Wake County jury returned a verdict in the amount of $6million for a Massachusetts truck driver who was injured in a collision in Wake County.The injured truck driver will need assistance for the rest of his life after suffering a closed-head injury in a head-on collision.The trial court denied the defendant's motion to set aside the defendant's verdict and held that the verdict was not...

• Are Parents Liable for their Child's Negligent Driving?

  Brent Adams | September 14, 2007 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Parents may be held fully liable for their child's negligent driving under several rules of law. The one we will discuss here is known as the family purpose doctrine.Under the family purpose doctrine, a parent who maintains a vehicle for themselves but also lets other family members use it are liable for the negligence of the other family members, including children, if someone is injured as a...

• Personal Injury Law Keeps Jurors In The Dark

  Brent Adams | August 28, 2007 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  When a jury in a personal injury lawsuit this first introduced to the case, they're told that the name of the case is John Smith vs. Mabel Jones. The jury expected to hear that the name of the case is John Smith vs. Allstate Insurance Co. or John Smith vs. Nationwide Insurance Co.Most people assume that an insurance company is the defendant in all automobile collision cases. When the jury learns...

• Old Fort Driver Involved in Fatal Hit and Run Accident

  Courtney Mills | August 22, 2007 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  A North Carolina driver has been charged in a fatal hit and run accident in Old Fort, North Carolina. Jose Ambrocio of Old Fort had a blood-alcohol content of 0.11 at the time of the accident, said police, which made him legally intoxicated in the state of North Carolina. The legal limit in North Carolina is 0.08.While driving down the road with a beer between his legs, Ambrocio ran off the...

• Under-Insured Motorist Coverage is Important

  Brent Adams | March 23, 2007 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  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...

• Deputy Struck by Drunk Driver

  Christina Cole | March 06, 2007 2:12 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  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...