Blog Posts in May, 2010
Posted on May 28, 2010 By Whitley Law Firm
Police are searching for the driver of a white 1986 Ford pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run in Conover. The truck crashed into a car at the intersection of Emanuel Church Road and Travis Road, ...
Continue reading "2-Year-Old Conover Boy Hospitalized After Hit-And-Run" »
Posted on May 27, 2010 By Whitley Law Firm
A bizarre single-car collision is currently being investigated by the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The accident occurred in Calhoun County on SC Primary 267 and killed one the four people in the ...
Continue reading "Mysterious Crash Still Unexplained" »
Posted on May 26, 2010 By Ben Whitley
Can you be covered by Workers' Compensation if you are driving to or leaving from work? Usually you cannot. The "going and coming" rule states that when an employee is leaving for work or coming home ...
Continue reading "Course and Scope of Employment" »
Posted on May 26, 2010 By Whitley Law Firm
A recent study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association this month looked at 559 people with traumatic brain injuries and found that their incidence of major depression was nearly ...
Continue reading "Depression Associated with Brain Injuries Only Treated in Half of Cases" »
Posted on May 22, 2010 By Whitley Law Firm
Today, an accident occurred in Greensboro involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian. According to police reports, the accident occurred on Saturday night at 7:25 PM on the 800 block of Raleigh ...
Continue reading "Pedestrian Dies after Getting Hit by Out of Control Car" »
Posted on May 21, 2010 By Whitley Law Firm
A wrongful death is a type of killing that results from another person's recklessness, misconduct or negligence. For example, if a person was driving under the influence and caused a drunk driving ...
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Posted on May 20, 2010 By Raleigh Personal Injury Lawyer
It is real important to make sure that you give written notice to your employer of an accident. North Carolina law requires that an employer have written notice of an injury within 30 days of the ...
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Posted on May 17, 2010 By Ben Whitley
I met with a client last week who was approached by a liability carrier after their accident and asked to sign a scheduled release. The adjuster for the at fault driver, told my client that they would ...
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Posted on May 13, 2010 By North Carolina Civil Litigation Attorney
We are pleased to announce the launch of our North Carolina Civil Litigation Blog.
Continue reading "Welcome to our North Carollina Civil Litigation Blog" »