This is a story everyone remembers. On September 11, 2009, Dr. Raymond Cook went drinking…then drank some more…then got behind the wheel and caused the wreck that killed Elena Bright Shapiro, a promising ballerina with the Carolina Ballet. According to an article on WRAL.com, Cook’s trial begins today. Raleigh police said Cook, of 10516 Beckridge […]
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At HensonFuerst, we see the aftermath of this lethal drug in the mangled lives of people we represent who were hit by a drunk driver. While this study cannot be be called good news, it certainly validates what personal injury lawyers have known for years: Alcohol really is the most harmful drug in the world.
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On average, 1 of every 7 people in North Carolina live at or below the federal poverty level, and most receive emergency food each year from a food bank or soup kitchen. In some counties, more than 1 of every 4 children are impoverished. It is possible for a head-of-household to work full-time and still
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This is the kind of story that makes you want to stay off the roads, build more prisons, and require mandatory severe sentencing for DWI offenders. According to the online edition of the News & Observer, Monroe resident Kevin Ohagan fled a traffic stop just after midnight on Sunday (October 24, 2010) and minutes later
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A study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that North Carolina auto accidents involving deer statewide have increased steadily, according to ABC 11. About 90 percent of animal-related crashes within the last three years have involved deer, which have resulted in more than 3,000 injuries to people in North Carolina auto
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At the end of the summer, the National Football League (NFL) decided to take action to reduce the number and potential effects of concussions. It created a poster that outlined the organization’s position on concussion, including the fact that players should know the symptoms, report them, get checked out, and basically start taking concussions seriously.
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You know that feeling of dragging your body around in a North Carolina heatwave? Feeling sluggish and fatigued and just plain drained? (Yes, I’m happy it’s finally autumn.) But what if that feeling didn’t go away when the weather broke? That’s what happened to Marilyn Berger, a contributor to The New York Times. As she
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I say we make the standards sky-high. There’s no reason to allow a known toxin or poison into any product designed to be used by a child. No, let me rephrase that: There’s no reason to allow a known toxin or poison into a product designed to be used by a human.
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A teen was killed in a Raleigh auto accident. According to News 11, a school bus hit a car, killing a 14-year-old boy in the Raleigh auto accident. Other passengers in the car were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following the Raleigh auto accident. No one on the bus was injured after the
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Two neighbors, both grandmothers to the same 10-year-old, died in a Raleigh auto accident, according to thetimesnews.com. The grandmothers’ 10-year-old grandson was riding in the car when it ran off the road and landed in a creek in the Raleigh auto accident. Read more. What do you think contributes to most Raleigh auto accidents? What
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