Personal Injury

When people need a lawyer, it is usually because they are in a difficult time in their life. With personal injury law, people may be struggling with serious injuries, medical bills, loss of income, or even the loss of a loved one. It can be a confusing time that makes you feel hopeless, especially when…

How You Can Still Win Your Personal Injury Negligence Case North Carolina is one of the few states that still have contributory negligence in personal injury law. North Carolina is joined only by three other states and Washington D.C., while the remaining 46 states have a form of comparative negligence. Contributory negligence is harshly cut…

Distracted Driving is deadly. According to the most recent NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts, nearly 3,200 people were killed in auto accidents involving distracted drivers. There were also just under 600 nonoccupants (pedestrians, bicyclists, etc.) killed by distracted drivers. All of these deaths were preventable; if only the driver had stayed focused on the road. What…

Drugged driving is on the rise, especially with teenagers and young adults. It’s all the more vital for parents to pay close attention to the signs of drug or alcohol use. A recent report published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse revealed 1 in 6 college students have driven under the influence of a…

North Carolina has experienced a surge in boating accidents and fatalities. In 2018, boating accidents claimed 35 lives, triple that of the previous year. That total equates to the most boating-related deaths since 1990. Many would think alcohol is the most likely culprit for the surprising increase, but that is not the case.  The main…

In a personal injury trial, it is generally forbidden to inform the jury that the defendant has an insurance policy that would cover any, if not all damages a jury chooses to include in its verdict. Mentioning the defendant’s insurance policy in any way usually ends in a mistrial. In North Carolina Rules of Evidence,…

A staggering 46% of people were injured out of the reported 275,067 traffic accidents in North Carolina. According to the NC Department of Transportation’s 2017 Traffic Crash Facts, these numbers have only slightly decreased from the year before. The state’s efforts to improve highway safety is slowly but surely making the roads safer, but it…