In North Carolina and throughout much of the country we’ve already experienced devastating storms this season. With tornado and hurricane seasons still in early days, the following advice from the…
Hurricane Hugo graphic / NOAA North Carolina is among the four states with the highest number of billion-dollar weather disasters since 1980. Most of these events are associated with hurricanes…
“Troopers: car going 129 mph before fatal crash” When I read this headline, my first thought was: “Wait a minute – that’s how fast Kyle Busch was going when he was…
I was doing some research on texting while driving the other day and came upon a letter written by OSHA Assistant Secretary David Michaels to employers. The letter was published as part of…
A tragic legal saga came to an end yesterday in a Richfield courtroom in the wake of a deadly April 29, 2010, accident on Interstate 70. Sgt. Franco Aguilar, a Sevier County sheriff’s officer, was…
When I first started practice, there were no public defenders. Young lawyers handled most of the criminal cases. I handled several 1st degree murder cases in my first few years of practice. Now I…
At a time when the North Carolina legislature is making it harder for its citizens to recover from negligent drug companies, word comes that the state is due to share in a $44 million settlement…
The Virginia bus crash last week that killed four and injured over 50 people has re-ignited the debate over a massive transportation spending bill that Congress passed in 2005 called SAFE-TEA-LU….
So, you want to make money? Join a political race. Get in the lobbying business. Or, join a marketing group for political consulting. That’s where the money is. It has gotten out of control….
Approximate site of accident A mid-morning collision in downtown Greensboro between a dump truck and a Jeep Cherokee sent two occupants of the Jeep and the driver of the dump truck to the…
I really wanted to avoid blogging about last week’s Virginia bus crash, because I am reluctant to be lumped in with the lawyers who blog about tragedies to get cases. However, as the news about Sky…
When I was in high school, the worst part of dissecting specimens in biology wasn’t the yuck factor. It was the hideous odor of formaldehyde. Okay, I’m showing my age here. My kids tell…
