Earlier this month, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an opinion in the case Mohr v. Matthews, which involved the issue of social host liability. In Mohr, the deceased was a 19-year-old man who attended a cookout at the home of his grandparents, the defendants. The father and stepmother of the deceased were also…
Last night, an 88-year-old man in Lenoir was killed while crossing the street to get to his mailbox. According to troopers, the man looked both ways before crossing the street and saw the car heading north on Hartland Road but did not see the car heading south. He walked directly into the path of the…
Yesterday afternoon, around 12:30 p.m., a truck driven by the Carolina Panthers’ Cam Newton and another car collided, leaving Cam Newton with two fractures in his back. The accident occurred when Cam Newton was driving his truck south on Church Street. A driver of a sedan was headed west on Hill Street, and the car…
Last week, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an opinion in the case Wheeless v. Maria Parham Medical Center, Inc. As part of the opinion, the court held that the plaintiff could not bring a medical malpractice claim against the defendant because a physician-patient relationship did not exist. In Wheeless, the plaintiff was a…
Last night, in Florida, a black bear was involved in a car accident which killed three people. A woman driving an SUV hit the 300-pound black bear on a dark, remote road in the Everglades. A passing car with three people stopped to help the woman in the SUV. After the second car stopped to…
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is over. For some people, holidays can be a stressful time due to family pressures and overindulging. One man’s overindulgence led to a whole other level of stress. WSOC-TV reports that, last night, a man who was driving a white van while drunk unsuccessfully turned left at an intersection and ran…
The Thanksgiving holiday is this week, and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program announced yesterday that during this increased travel time, it will be hold a “Click It or Ticket” program. AAA Carolinas estimates that 1.2 million people will travel the roads of North Carolina this week, which is an increase of 50,000 people from last…
WSOC-TV reports that this morning a Good Samaritan forced a woman to get out of her car stuck on train tracks, just before the train collided with the car and pushed it about a quarter mile down the tracks. The woman had missed her turn onto I-85 in Gastonia and was making a U-turn on…