The world's largest automaker, Toyota, has announced the largest vehicle recall in history, recalling an estimated 2.3 million vehicles. The following Toyota vehicles have been recalled: * 2005-2010 Avalon * 2009-2010 RAV4 * 2007-2010 Camry * 2008-2010 Sequoia *...
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North Carolina Legislators Taking Away Workers’ Rights
Yesterday, two state Senators filed a new legislative bill that is designed to take away some very important rights to the working citizens of North Carolina. The new bill adversely changes the existing worker's compensation laws. Worker's...
US Supreme Court To Rule In NC Medicaid Reimbursement Case
The US Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a North Carolina case that could decide how 34 states recover for Medicaid benefits when the Medicaid recipient obtains a financial recovery from a negligent third party (Delia v. E.M.A., No. 12-98 (U.S. argued...
Florida Supreme Court Upholds Cigarette Verdict
The Florida Supreme Court has just declined to review a lower court's decision upholding a $3.3 million compensatory damages verdict and a $25 million punitive damages verdict for the widow of a smoker. The case name was Martin v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. The effect...
Chewing Tobacco Lawsuit Nets $5 Million In 1st Ever Settlement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z77_TYp5wAc Big Tobacco recently paid $5 Million to settle a wrongful death claim to the Estate of Bobby Hill. A resident of Canton, North Carolina, Hill died from mouth cancer in 2003 at the young age of 42. He had been dipping since...
NC Hospital Pays $15.5 Million For Antidote Overdose
A 21 year old woman walked into an emergency room complaining of having taken too much Tylenol for menstrual cramps. An emergency room doctor hooked her up to an IV that delivered a drug called acetylcysteine - the antidote for Tylenol overdose. The ER doctor had...
Winston-Salem Jury Awards $6 Million Against Sports Bar & Drunk Driver
A wrongful death claim brought by a Forsyth County, North Carolina widow on behalf of her deceased husband recently resulted in a $6,000,000 jury verdict. The case is Roadway Express and Constance Sue Horn, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Mark...
$48 Million FELA Jury Verdict Against Railroad Affirmed On Appeal
A recent appellate decision affirmed an enormous jury verdict in favor of a railroad worker who was paralyzed while on the job. The railroad worker, Eric Doi, sued Union Pacific Railroad under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) after a...
Charlotte Truck Driver Charged With Reckless Homicide In KY Crash
A Charlotte tractor-trailer driver, Arthur A. Davis, 44, has been charged with 2 counts of reckless homicide arising out of a crash that he caused on Tuesday morning in Kentucky at the intersection of US Hwy 460 and Kentucky State Road 1499. Authorities in Pike...
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