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 [...]
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 [...]
Personal injury attorneys or lawyers make up an area of law focused on helping individuals and families of those who have been injured. If you search for a personal injury attorney or lawyer in North Carolina you may find a large list of specific areas law that personal injury attorneys practice.5 Common Practice Areas Since [...]
Do Pre-Existing Conditions Affect Personal Injury Claims in North Carolina? In most accident and injury cases, a victim faces questions from the opposing party’s insurance company about pre-existing conditions. And while it’s common for people to deal with a variety of health conditions throughout their lives, what impact do pre-existing conditions have [...]
