Some believe that the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is haunted by the spirit of Otto Zenke, whose home and business were taken by eminent domain to build the sheriff’s office. According to WRAL.com, the goings-on are creepy, but harmless: Footsteps echoing where no one’s walking. Employees hearing their names called from empty rooms. Objects that […]
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If you are a property owner in North Carolina, we urge you to contact your State Senator, and any of the other State Senators on the following list, and ask them to support two pending laws, both of which passed with overwhelming support in the House… but have been stymied in the Senate. This request is
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It’s SUMMERTIME! The most fun, most laid-back, happiest time of the year. Oh, and the most dangerous, too. Just about everything that makes summer fun also makes it prime for personal injuries, more than any other season. Here’s why: According to the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), most traffic accident and fatalities occur in
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Despite their ready availability, all fireworks are potentially dangerous–even sparklers. Over the 4th of July weekend, pro football players were seriously injured in firework accidents. Former NCSU star C.J. Wilson, now cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, lost two fingers; and New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul had his right index finger amputated, and
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When my friends and I were teenaged drivers, we went a little nuts in the summer. School was out, which meant, in our premature brains, that normal rules no longer applied. And with the availability of a car and a lot of unstructured time, we had FREEDOM. We would wake up and decide it was
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In North Carolina, it is illegal to text while driving…and yet, 60% of us admit to doing it. (And you know that more people do it who won’t admit to it.) But now, a new survey from AT&T–the company that brought us the “It Can Wait” campaign five years ago–shows that the problem extends beyond
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According to an article in today’s New York Times, approximately 34 million vehicles in the United States will be recalled due to defective airbags. This is set to be the largest recall in history–bigger, even, than the 31 million bottles of possibly tainted Tylenol capsules recalled in the 1980s. While the precise care models to
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According to the Five-Star Quality Rating System for nursing homes, many North Carolina facilities aren’t doing so well. The News & Observer reports that North Carolina ranks among the the 11 states with the lowest scores. Of the 416 nursing homes in North Carolina, 41 percent have a low quality score of 1 or 2 on
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Did you have a mammogram at Richard D. Adelman, M.D., Family Medicine practice in Raleigh, NC? HensonFuerst Attorneys is investigating possible problems with the quality of mammograms performed at this site. On March 24, 2015, the FDA issued a Safety Alert for patients who had a mammogram at that facility any time after August 24,
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Another settlement in a transvaginal mesh case. This one involved Ethicon, and was settled 4 days into trial. The terms of the settlement were not released. Given that the manufacturer has resolved other cases similarly, we hope that this will lead to a formal framework for settlement of all of these case in the future.
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