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NC Lawyers’ Weekly has provided a great link to an article that was run in the Winston-Salem Journal about contributory negligence laws in North Carolina.  Contrubutory Negligence is an issue that people don’t know or care about, until they face the problem themselves. Basically, in NC, even if you are hurt by someone else’s negligence,…

This is a great YouTube video on the issue of “Tort Reform.” The video does a great job showing how giant corporations have twisted and distorted the truth about law suits in America simply to poison jury pools. They do this so they can continue to deny responsiblity for wrong doing, and basically “save a…

To often, politics of the right and the left interfere with the stark reality of tort reform. In the past decade or so, conservatives have used “tort-reform” as a political “wedge issue” and have spent multi-millions of dollars to turn the public, and juries, against all Plaintiffs. The article below was written by a self-described…

This just in from www.cnn.com Every once in a while someone goes a little too far in trying to avoid jury service. Looks like this guy went overboard in his attempt to avoid service on a grand jury, which amittedly, can take a lot of time. I think the Judge did the right thing here.…

As I’m getting ready for a trial, I’m constantly reminded that the “reason the case is going to trial” has more to do with the defendant’s insurance company than anything else. It’s frustrating as an attorney fighting for justice because I have the burden of proof for the “facts” of the case, but what the…

One of our local (Wake County) Judges has ruled that witnesses in court can now be “sworn in” with just about any religious text, including the Quran. I completely agree with this decision and applaud Judge Paul Ridgeway for the courage to do the right thing. Interestingly, the stories don’t mention that witnesses already have…

I think this is a decent idea, in general terms, though I doubt that it will do much to actually prevent predatory practices. Realistically, if a sexual predator is being “smart” they will have no real identifying information on their MySpace profile. Given the absolute ease of setting up free and virtually untraceable email accounts,…

Cooper unveils upgraded sex offender registry Web site Associated Press SMITHFIELD, N.C. – North Carolina now has an updated sex offender registry Web site for citizens who want more specific information about where child molesters, rapists and other criminals live. View the new website here:  N.C. Sex Offender Registry: http://www.ncfindoffender.gov The upgrades, announced Monday by…

I had the pleasure of speaking this morning at the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyer’s Workers’ Compensation Roundtable Seminar. I was pinch hitting for a number of State and federal Employees who were supposed to talk about: Medicaid, Medicare, State Employee Health Plan, and TriCare. Instead, they got me. I am posting a link…

Looks like AOL (America On Line) is attempting to pass off urban legend as news. This post is very important, and I hope that anyone coming to this webpage reads the whole post! The America Online (AOL) website titled “Most Outrageous Lawsuits.” Appears in the money and finance section of AOL and is also prominently…