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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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