Life can be a challenge. When parents are getting ready to bring a new child into the world, it's understandable that they would want to do whatever they can to make sure their newborn has a leg up. Establishing standards of medical practice aren't driven by that...
Month: June 2015
Guardrail maker vows appeal of fraud suit verdict and penalties
Legal assaults can come at a company from a lot of different angles. Last month, we wrote about how shareholders in a company that makes highway guardrails have raised claims of investor fraud.Suits claim the firm failed to disclose that it was under federal...
If my unborn baby dies due to someone’s negligence, can I sue?
The status of an unborn child varies according to what state you happen to be in. This has significant implications if you happen to be a pregnant woman who is injured in an accident due to someone else's negligence. Not only could you be seriously hurt in such...
All drivers need to make motorcycle safety a top priority
North Carolina is one of the greatest places in the country to ride a motorcycle because of its winding roads and scenery. For that reason, numerous motorcyclists flock to the state each summer. The state also has many residents that ride, either as their main form of...
Bad practice claims pull plug on computer repair firm
One of the realities of owning and operating any kind of business is that at some point you will wind up having some kind of legal problems. They can come from any number of directions. Suppliers could get testy if they aren't paid on time for products ordered....
Learning from the past can help avoid future collection issues
The term robo-signing got coined just five or six years ago. It is not a phrase that has positive connotations about the value of leveraging advanced technology. No, robo-signing is that practice by lenders that has come to be associated with abuses that contributed...
Attorneys offer confidence regarding compensation after a crash
If you've been in a car accident before you may feel you know all you need to know to make sure you get all the help you need to get things back to normal. That may be true if the accident was a relatively minor fender bender. If the accident resulted in some major...
Commercial foreclosure not a 1-size-fits-all process
Businesses are in a sense living organisms. Just like the people who start them, most tend to go through a life cycle of birth, growth and eventual closure. Sometimes conditions are such that a foreclosure is called for. When such action is required in North Carolina,...