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CNN and WRAL are reporting that two people were found dead and a third person is still believed missing in a Garner food plant heavily damaged in a morning explosion. Four people were in critical condition after the explosion at the ConAgra Foods plant in the town of Garner and 20 others were taken to…

I frequently serve as an arbitration panel member for Uninsured (UM) and Underinsured Cases (UIM) in NC. Our standard UIM & UM policy says that if the claimant opts for arbitration instead of jury trial, then they get arbitration. This is a supremely efficient use of time and probably saves the state of North Carolina MILLIONS…

As I sat watching the AIG crisis unfold yesterday, I immediately started to think about the many structured settlements (annuities) that I have recommended over the years to my clients. Structures provide a great way to allow large sums of money to gain interest (tax free) for injured clients. I’m starting this blog entry to…

I try to keep this Blog fairly apolitical, but during an election season that can be difficult. My feelings about so-called “tort reform” are pretty clear: it is generally a terrible idea that only hurts the truly innocent- people who have been hurt by someone else’s negligence. That said, where do Obama and McCain stand…

Well, the world’s ugliest law blog has hit 30,000 unique visitors after a little less than 2 years of operations. Not bad for a blog concentrating on one of the more boring topics in the world: liens and subrogation. Here are the stats as of today: Maybe I’ll set my summer intern loose on trying…

I received a good question today and thought I would share my thoughts on the issue. The question concerns Medicaid and “med pay”. In NC, Medicaid gets 100% of med pay (first party) insurance proceeds. The problem is that quite often physicians and chiropractors often receive the med pay before the lawyer is involved. Or,…

Looks like Allstate is willing to pay $2.4 Million dollars to hide their claims practices: Allstate won’t produce records despite $25,000-a-day fineBy JOE LAMBEThe Kansas City Star Allstate Insurance Co. lawyers made this clear Tuesday to a Jackson County judge: They will not produce key records for public view no matter how much he fines…

N.C. COURT OF APPEALS Where the right to intrastate travel is a “right of function,” the right to enter public parks is not encompassed by either the fundamental right of travel or the right to intrastate travel. We affirm the trial court order upholding the defendant-town’s ordinance, which prohibits registered sex offenders from knowingly entering…

Because I run a business that is, in part, dependent on advertising, I check out Google searches to see where my firm “places” in the Google rankings. While looking through some of the “top hits” I found a local Raleigh firm “recommended” by a Blogger. Sure, why not? Except that this “Blogger” is from another…