Quick Multiple Choice Quiz: What is the penalty if you are caught driving “extremely drunk” in Raleigh, NC? A. You are arrested and your car is impounded. B. Your license is suspended for at least one year. C. You pay a fine, your insurance rates go up, and you could do time in jail. D. …
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A North Carolina community is mourning the death of a middle school student involved in a Havelock car accident. The Havelock Middle School student and her 16-year-old sister were on their way to school when the 16-year-old driving a Dodge Journey pulled out into the path of a large turf truck, according to Havelock News. …
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Two former managers of a California Company were arrested for allegedly covering up and discouraging Worker’s Compensation Claims by injured workers. Allegations include but are not limited to claims that the managers in question attended injured workers’ examinations and attempted to influence the doctor’s diagnoses and treatment. The two men will be sentenced in May …
According to an article from WRAL.com, a former bus driver pleaded guilty after being charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle after a December wreck that killed a Raleigh firefighter. The article says the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the former bus driver crossed the center line on Ligon Mill Road near Louisburg Road …
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The Raleigh News & Observer reports that a man being treated in a state-run drug treatment center in Butner, NC, after staff members gave him a lethal dose of methadone. The story took a frightening turn when we learned that there was no reason for the man to have been prescribed methadone in the first …
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A 3-year-old in Raleigh died after he was hit by an SUV outside of an elementary school. According to the accident report in an article by WRAL, a 33-year-old Raleigh driver stopped when a mother and her children stepped from behind parked cars into the public-vehicular access area in front of Wild Wood Forest Elementary …
An Ohio worker was scalped when the employees hair became entangled in a piece of machinery. Upon inspection by OSHA officials, close to $100,000 in fines were proposed against the company. http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2010/03/23/osha-fined-company-91000-workplace-safety-violations_201003233771.html
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 2005 law restricting an employee’s right to sue his employer. The law requires that an injured work prove that an employer acted “deliberately” in causing an accident. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×7994686 Ohio law is similar to North Carolina’s. A worker injured in North Carolina is also barred from suing his employer directly …