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Wrongful Death

November 28, 2018 By nicole

Johnson & Groninger Reports Trial Win in Wrongful Death Case Against Distracted Driver

Distracted drivers caused 54,302 crashes, injuries, and wrongful deaths in North Carolina in 2016.  If you travel on the streets or highways, you are at risk for being injured or killed by someone who is more interested in their phone than their driving.   On the morning of May 10, 2016, Russell Rutledge was driving […]

Filed Under: Bicycle Law, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death Tagged With: bicycle crash, distracted driver, Wrongful Death

August 27, 2013 By nicole

Athlete’s family sues NCAA, university for player’s death

The family of a college football player who died after a head injury during practice has filed suit against the NCAA, the team’s coach and others, according to reports. Derek Sheely, 22, collapsed during a preseason drill for the Frostburg State University football team in Western Maryland. According to the complaint filed by attorneys for […]

Filed Under: Personal Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Wrongful Death Tagged With: Wrongful Death

March 27, 2013 By nicole

Investigation shows preventable deaths in grain industry, OSHA oversight weak

National Public Radio and The Center for Public Integrity have been reporting this week on the results of an investigation into needless deaths from suffocation in grain storage bins.  Nearly 500 farmers and workers have died in these bins in the last 40 years. The worst year on record was just recently, in 2010. The story is […]

Filed Under: In the News, Work Injury, Wrongful Death Tagged With: occupational death, OSHA, Wrongful Death

October 8, 2010 By nicole

NC Court of Appeals rejects another Woodson claim

Earlier this month, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an opinion concerning the viability of plaintiff’s Woodson claim — a wrongful death tort action based on an injury sustained at work.  In Valenzuela v. Pallet Express Inc., the Court once again rejected a Woodson in what seemed to be an egregious case. Typically, plaintiffs injured […]

Filed Under: In the News, Work Injury, Workers' Compensation, Wrongful Death Tagged With: Case Commentary, NC Court of Appeals, Tort, Woodson Claims, Wrongful Death

December 15, 2009 By nicole

New workers’ compensation decisions from Court of Appeals

On December 8, the North Carolina Court of Appeals published a couple of workers’ compensation decisions. In the first, Heflin v. G.R. Hammonds Roofing, the Court faced an unusual situation involving Florida’s workers’ comp laws and a plaintiff’s efforts to delay her own case. Plaintiff’s husband was killed while working in Florida in 2004. Because […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation, In the News, Work Injury Tagged With: Case Commentary, Industrial Commission, NC Court of Appeals, Wrongful Death

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