Early this morning, a car traveling at an estimated 100 miles per hour rear-ended a tractor-trailer on I-77. The collision occurred around 1:45 a.m. and with such force that the car was pinned under the back of the tractor-trailer as a result. The driver of the tractor-trailer did not realize that there had been accident…
Last Friday, a state district judge in Texas ruled that an injury sustained by a plaintiff in a car accident involving a retired doctor’s cows in the road did not constitute medical malpractice. The accident occurred when the car the plaintiff was traveling in hit several of the loose cows. The plaintiff claims to have…
The Charlotte Observer and WBTV report that a pedestrian was severely injured after walking into the path of an oncoming car early this morning in Gastonia. Around 3:15 a.m., the pedestrian reportedly walked into the travel lanes of East Long Street, at the intersection of North Broad Street, and was struck by a car. The…
WSOC-TV reports that a woman was killed on Saturday night in Gaston County after a 17-year-old driver fell asleep while driving, according to officials. The woman was driving home with her three daughters when the car driven by the 17-year-old crossed the center line and collided head-on with the woman’s car. Two of the daughters…
In 2011, the North Carolina legislature enacted tort reform for medical malpractice liability. Part of this tort reform limited the amount of damages a plaintiff can receive for noneconomic damages to $500,000. The tort reform doesn’t limit the amount that a plaintiff can receive for actual damages such as medical bills but it limits the…
The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an opinion earlier this week which shed further light on the multiple claimant exception and the stacking of UIM policies. In Integon National Insurance Co. v. Maurizzio, the court held that “the multiple claimant exception is not triggered simply because there were two injuries in an accident” but…
WSOC-TV and the Charlotte Observer report that a man trying to catch a bus in uptown Charlotte was injured when he tripped and fell and the bus ran over his arm. Around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday night near a bus stop on East Trade Street, the man was running alongside the bus and banging on…
Last month, WSOC-TV did an investigation piece on the use of confidentiality agreements in medical malpractice cases. The piece highlighted the case of a woman who underwent a partial hysterectomy in Elkin, North Carolina 20 years ago. During that surgery, a surgical sponge was left in her body. The woman knew something was wrong, but…