Call Us 919-240-4054A Charlotte man was killed while cycling in Azusa, CA, according to reports. Andrew Edward Page, a missionary with the Church of Latter-Day Saints, was cycling around 4 pm on Thursday when he was struck and severely injured by a vehicle. He died of his injuries later that evening. Police have not determined who was […]
Personal Injury
Jet ski amputee wins $5.75 million settlement
A man who lost his leg after a 2007 jet ski crash won a multimillion-dollar settlement last month after the insurance company refused to settle for $500,000. The crash occurred on Lake Norman when Howard Hazlett and Frederick Gibb were operating jet skis borrowed from their acquaintance, Royce Syracuse. Gibb’s jet ski collided with Hazlett’s, […]
Injured window washer wins $2.25 million
A window washer permanently disabled after falling at least 20 feet won $2.25 million after suing the owner of the building from which he fell. Tom Gjonaj also sued the tenant who occupied the second story of the building, alleging that the tenant and the building’s owner failed to provide safe and adequate protection as […]
Worker Sues for Asbestos exposure
Workers at a Missouri power plant were tasked with secretly disposing of materials containing asbestos so that company personnel assigned to oversee such health hazards would be none the wiser, a Joplin-based newspaper reports. Employees at Empire District Electric Company’s Riverton plant were exposed to asbestos insulation around pipes, ducts and wires that was peeling […]
Texas TBI sufferer wins suit against employer
A Texas man who suffered traumatic brain injury from an on-the-job fall won about $5.53 million dollars after suing his former employer, West Star Transportation, for negligence. Charles Robison, 52, was standing on top of an overloaded flatbed truck when he fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete below. In addition to fractures to his […]
Fall victim’s family wins $2 million
Attorneys for the family of a North Carolina man killed on the job when he fell through a whole in a work stand have negotiated a $2 million settlement with the company that repainted the 25-foot high device. The defendant, whose name was withheld because of a confidentiality agreement, maintained that the worker had received […]