Responsible attorneys generally will advise their clients to prepare a legally binding “last will and testament, good advice for any adult, no matter how young or old. Most of us would like to [...]
Women and their family members have brought thousands of lawsuits claiming that the mineral talc, used in products such as baby powder and adult body and face powders to absorb water and reduce [...]
“America’s opioid epidemic is so bad it’s causing average life expectancy to drop,” reported vox.com in September. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) [...]
The year 2017 has seen two big-number settlements of workers’ class action lawsuits, one brought against TGI Friday’s and another against JP Morgan. TGI Friday’s According to a press [...]
The Charlotte Observer recently investigated the deaths of several jail inmates in North Carolina whose medical conditions had been neglected by the jail health services, and whose families had [...]
A six-minute YouTube video of a large group of people riding dirt bikes and ATVs on busy roads in Charlotte on a Sunday afternoon, some of them “popping wheelies,” caught the attention of WCNC in [...]
A shooting attributed to road rage that occurred on Interstate 440 in November caused the shutdown of a portion of the Raleigh Beltline, reported WNCN. A 22-year-old woman suffered serious, but [...]
As crashes involving self-driving vehicles earn news coverage, it’s not surprising that automakers are already taking self-protective action with a view to their potential liability in such [...]
Recently, the driver of a semi-truck crashed with a self-operating shuttle bus in Las Vegas. The shuttle bus had stopped when it sensed the truck, but to no avail. The shuttle has no steering [...]
Protections for U.S. workers have taken a hit in 2017. The federal government planned in 2016 to reform state workers’ compensation systems and to recommend minimum benefit standards to the [...]