Coronavirus has devastated our towns and communities, sickening millions, shuttering businesses and impacted the way everyday Americans live and work. The financial devastation is unprecedented, especially to business owners. Most business owners are required to have business insurance to protect against these losses, but the piles of paperwork and red tape [...]
What comes to mind when you think of workers' compensation? For most of us, we think of a time post WWII when technology grew and manufacturing soared. Unfortunately, as man worked alongside machines, workplace injuries and accidents became more frequent and both workers and companies suffered. Workers' Compensation Insurance Workers' Compensation [...]
Bicycle Safety During Social Distancing Now that both North and South Carolina families have been functioning under stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19 for over a month, more folks are participating in outdoor activities like bicycling. It is beautiful to see so many families and friends outside riding bikes; however with [...]
Personal Injury Cases & Practicing Social Distancing As we all know, many medical providers are not accepting patients on a non-emergency basis. This may leave you unsure of how to seek medical advice and treatment while practicing social distancing. If you are injured, it's critical to reach out to your primary [...]
Whatever you do for a living, you have the right to do it safely. Your employer’s responsibility is to provide a danger-free place to work. In the event, you are injured while on the job, receiving prompt medical treatment and appropriate compensation should never be compromised. But that is less likely [...]
You’ve hired a personal injury attorney to pursue a settlement for your accident. Now all you have to do is sit back and wait for your lawyer to drop a check into your lap. Right? Wrong. You’re part of your lawyer’s team and there are things you can do to help [...]
You’ve been in a car crash, had a slip and fall accident, got bitten by a strange dog, or suffered some other injury due to no fault of your own. You might have doctor’s bills and other medical expenses to pay, and you’ve undoubtedly been physically and emotionally affected by what [...]
Distracted driving is deadly. We know that, and yet many are still pulled into responding to text messages while driving. It might be curiosity, social pressure or boredom -- whatever the motivation, texting while driving has to be avoided. Here are a few suggestions that might be helpful in cutting the habit. [...]
The term “reckless driving” can encompass a lot of bad behavior. In general, it describes driving practices that stand out for the way they could result in an accident that causes destruction of personal property or the injury or death of the driver, the driver’s passengers, other drivers or passengers, pedestrians, bike riders or [...]
You were seriously injured twice. First, you were physically injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault. Then you took another hit, financially this time, when you had to miss work because of what happened. The double whammy cost you dearly. Sometimes that second “injury” is even worse than the pain and healing you must [...]
