Charlotte Bar Fined for Serving Drunk Driver Brings Up Liability Issues
A Charlotte jury fined Eddie’s Place, a South Charlotte bar and restaurant, $1.7 million for serving a drunk man who crashed into a car and severely injured two parents. The mother was pregnant and...
View ArticleFamily Sues Elementary School for Student Strip-Search
The Sampson County N.C. family of a 10-year-old boy who was strip searched a number of months ago is suing the Board of Education, claiming their son’s treatment was unreasonable and constituted an...
View ArticleGov. Perdue Frees Up $1M to Keep NC Group Homes Open through Jan. 31
Raleigh, N.C. – As of Jan. 1, 2013, patients living in group homes are no longer eligible for Medicaid payments for personal care services such as assistance with eating, bathing or doing daily chores...
View ArticleMissed Diagnosis of Breast Cancer is the Top Mistake among Radiologists
According to a new study published in the journal Radiology, a missed diagnosis of breast cancer is the leading reason for medical malpractice lawsuits filed against radiologists in the U.S....
View ArticleAnswer to Case Could Reshape Medicaid Laws in North Carolina
The answer to a case, which is expected in June, will help shape how North Carolina and other states reclaim Medicaid funds that are spent on patient care. Currently, in North Carolina, the state can...
View ArticleAuthorities Investigate Fatal NC Car Accident
Authorities in Durham are investigating the cause of a fatal car accident that killed one woman and injured three others. The accident occurred Wednesday, Jan. 9 just before 9 a.m. According to a...
View ArticleDriver Who Hit Cyclist in Durham Turns Himself In
Charged with felony hit and run with injury, a Durham driver turned himself in to police after initially fleeing the scene of the accident Jan 14. Kirk Brown, of Ridge Road in Durham, told ABC11 he...
View ArticleReport Shows Surgeons Making Too Many Preventable Mistakes
Surgical mistakes that doctors should never make because they are preventable happen a minimum of 4,000 times a year, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. Such events can include forgetting a...
View ArticleTwo Young Children with Special Needs Left Behind on Wake County Buses
After more than an hour’s wait on an empty school bus, a six-year-old with epilepsy and a sensory disorder was finally discovered on Wednesday, Feb. 6, ABC-11 reported Thursday. J.D. Baynon’s mother...
View ArticleN.C. House Committee Considers Tightening Tanning Salon Rules for Teens
A committee in the State House of Representatives in North Carolina is considering whether to prohibit persons younger than 18 years from using tanning salons. A dermatologist spoke on the topic...
View ArticleFDA Stops Amgen Clinical Trial in Children after Child Death
After the death of a young patient participating in a pediatric clinical trial, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shut down the study Feb. 26. Produced by Amgen, the drug Sensipar was being...
View ArticleHomeowner’s Insurance to Increase by an Average of 7 Percent in NC
Homeowner’s Insurance to Increase by an Average of 7 Percent in NC The top state insurance regulator in North Carolina signed an agreement March 5 which will allow companies to raise homeowner’s...
View ArticleNC Trucking Accident Case Highlights Issue of Driver Fatigue
A recent case involving a fatal trucking accident in North Carolina brings up the issue of truck driver’s and fatigue. The case involves a Wisconsin truck driver who pleaded guilty to crashing his...
View ArticleInvestigators Search for Cause of Blast Killing Seven Camp LeJeune Marines
Investigators are trying to determine who or what was responsible for the Nevada blast that killed seven Camp LeJeune marines and injured eight others on March 18. The blast occurred when a mortar...
View ArticleN.C. Trucking Firm to Pay $243,000 for Racial Slurs and Harassment
Contonius Gill and Robert Floyd, Jr., were awarded more than $243,000 and injunctive relief against A.C. Widenhouse, Inc., a Concord-based North Carolina trucking company for race harassment and...
View ArticleMedicare and Medicaid Fraud Unfolds in North Carolina
An investigation of Medicare and Medicaid fraud continues to net cheats draining resources from the two government programs. One of the sweeps for fraudsters, which started in December 2011 and is...
View ArticleOfficials Investigate NC Construction Accident that Killed Two Children
A six and seven-year-old died in Stanley, North Carolina Aug. 7 after being buried by thousands of pounds of dirt at a residential construction site. The children were playing in a 24-foot deep pit...
View ArticleDurham Women Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver
A Durham woman standing on the shoulder of the Durham Freeway near Briggs Avenue was struck by a car that swerved onto the shoulder then drove off on April 12, reports the News Observer. Zaida Juarez,...
View ArticleDWI Driver Who Killed Father of Four Receives Plea Deal from Family
A woman declared in a text message the night before her 21st birthday that she planned to drink herself into a coma. Then she became heavily intoxicated at a party, drove her car into the side of...
View ArticleNC Court of Appeals Rules that Worker is Entitled to Workers’ Comp Benefits
The North Carolina Court of Appeals held that a worker who was allegedly injured on the job was entitled to benefits even though her employer denied her claim. A women who worked in a the meat...
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