Brian Ferguson, a cable installer, lent his wife, Angella, the van provided by his employer, the cable company KTS, and she got into an accident. The other parties in the accident (“Plaintiffs”) sued, and claimed…
Parents, coaches, and of course the student-athletes themselves are concerned about sports-related injuries among high school athletes. An injury may limit a young person’s choices for college and a career. A medical research foundation in…
Sometimes an accident occurs and someone is injured, but the responsible person has no insurance or does not have adequate insurance to pay full compensation for the injuries or property damage. Fortunately, insurance coverage may…
North Carolina is a “one bite state.” A dog that bites doesn’t get a second chance. The owner may be strictly liable for any damage the dog inflicts on either a human being or on…
A driver traveling under the speed limit is passed by another driver, who then swerves into the lane directly in front of her. They collide. The passing driver is at fault, of course. Not necessarily.…
It seems axiomatic that if one car hits another, the first car is responsible for the collision. It isn’t always that simple. In North Carolina, if the plaintiff driver brought the collision on himself or…
A law enforcement officer driving his or her official vehicle must sometimes violate traffic regulations, such as stop signs, traffic lights, and speed limits, to pursue a suspected lawbreaker, or to drive as fast as…