Call Us 919-240-4054The Forest City victim of a car wreck caused by a texting teen received a $120,000 settlement, according to NC Lawyers Weekly. The amount of the settlement is notable because the plaintiff’s medical bills only amounted to $21,000, which indicates that a good part of the settlement was for punitive damages that are intended to punish […]
Catastrophic Injury
Daycare pays parents of child with brain injury $1 million
A North Carolina daycare center was forced to pay $1 million dollars to the family of a child who suffered a severe brain injury as the result of negligence of one of the daycare’s employees. The employee turned her attention away from the infant for one or two minutes and found the child unresponsive. The daycare […]
Lenoir woman wins $1 million pre-suit
A woman severely injured when a tractor trailer hit her car received a $1 million dollar settlement from the truck’s insurance company, according to court documents. Melanie Moll was driving to pick up her son from school in Lenoir County when a truck.that was attempting to pass her in a no-passing zone t-boned her vehicle […]
Miner death toll rises
Four coal workers were killed within the first eleven days of the government shutdown, according to reports. The deaths add to the mounting 2013 coal miner death toll, which lists 18 fatalities as of Oct. 17. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announces each fatality on their website but the […]
Jet ski amputee wins $5.75 million settlement
A man who lost his leg after a 2007 jet ski crash won a multimillion-dollar settlement last month after the insurance company refused to settle for $500,000. The crash occurred on Lake Norman when Howard Hazlett and Frederick Gibb were operating jet skis borrowed from their acquaintance, Royce Syracuse. Gibb’s jet ski collided with Hazlett’s, […]
Texas TBI sufferer wins suit against employer
A Texas man who suffered traumatic brain injury from an on-the-job fall won about $5.53 million dollars after suing his former employer, West Star Transportation, for negligence. Charles Robison, 52, was standing on top of an overloaded flatbed truck when he fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete below. In addition to fractures to his […]
Former college football players sue NCAA
Three former college football players, including one who once played for North Carolina State University, filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA in a federal court in Chattanooga, TN this week, according to the Associated Press. The former players allege the NCAA neglected its players’ health by failing to educate them about the risks of […]
Another Illinois high school athlete claims he was hazed
Another student has come forward alleging he was hazed as a new member of the Maine West High School’s boys’ soccer team in Des Plaines, Illinois. The unnamed player says he was held down, physically and sexually assaulted by older teammates during a “campus run” at the school in September 2012, according to the lawsuit […]
Athlete’s family sues NCAA, university for player’s death
The family of a college football player who died after a head injury during practice has filed suit against the NCAA, the team’s coach and others, according to reports. Derek Sheely, 22, collapsed during a preseason drill for the Frostburg State University football team in Western Maryland. According to the complaint filed by attorneys for […]
Durham man wins personal injury suit against city
A Durham man who suffered severe brain injuries after being hit by a city-owned truck won a $2 million settlement from the city and its insurer, according to an article in NC Lawyers Weekly. Reyes A. Gonzalez was within a crosswalk and had the pedestrian signal when he was struck by a Water Management Department […]