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• Four die in fatal roadside crash in Elon, North Carolina

  Dan Deuterman | July 17, 2007 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A roadside breakdown turned deadly for four people in Elon, North Carolina, over the weekend.This car accident in Elon highlights a deadly trend.An SUV rammed into the four people on University Drive in Elon as they were trying to load a broken down Mercury Cougar into a trailer.Freddie Charles Coulter, 55, and Sandra Goins Coulter, 51, of Graham, Mildred Jones Isley, 57, of Burlington, and...

• Promising treatment for traumatic brain injuries

  Dan Deuterman | June 05, 2007 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Researchers may have discovered breakthrough treatment for traumatic brain injuries (TBI) with the hormone progesterone. Emory University has been conducting research on how progesterone helps speed the healing process of the brain. TBI has become a common injury of American troops in Iraq and, unfortunately, was what ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff suffered after a bomb explosion while reporting...

• The Proactive Client Asks "What Do I Do Now?"

  Pierce Egerton | September 25, 2009 2:16 PM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Occasionally I’ll meet with a potential client who is a paragon of organization. This happened twice last week: in both instances the injured person came in with a three ring binder...

• Fight Breaks Out; I-40 Down for the Count

  Pierce Egerton | September 09, 2009 3:51 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC

  Why was I-40 backed up for over an hour in Winston-Salem? According to WXII (get ready) two women and a man pulled over and engaged in a fistfight over a cell phone. The spectacle distracted...

• UPDATE: Police Still Searching for 5 People Connected to Fatal Hit and Run Accident on Hwy 29

  Pierce Egerton | August 05, 2009 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The driver of the Ford Expedition involved in the hit and run accident that left Cherita Jones dead has been brought into custody. Alton Womack Jr., age 26, was arrested at his home on Saturday...

• Proposed Arbitration Bill Would Give Consumers Their Day in Court

  Dan Deuterman | July 26, 2007 12:04 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) have introduced legislation in Congress that would put an end to forced arbitration and allow consumers to take their complaints against employers, car dealerships, credit card companies and insurance companies and HMOs to court.I urge you to support The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007.Arbitration is often billed as a less costly option...

• Does your employer have workers' compensation insurance?

  Ben Burnside | June 15, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  I recently blogged about helpful links for the injured worker on the North Carolina Industrial Commission website. However, I left out an important free resource that can help injured workers find out if their employer has workers' compensation insurance, and find out who the insurance company is. The NC Workers' Compensation Act requires most employers who regularly employ three or more...

• Viagra may help jet lag sufferers

  Dan Deuterman | June 14, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  I posted yesterday about possible fertility problems in men taking Viagra. Now, there's conflicting health news out of Argentina that Viagra may be helpful in combating jet lag. All this research makes it sound like Viagra is either dangerous or a wonder drug.The Argentine study, conducted at Universidad Nacional de Quilmes in Buenos Aires, induced jet lag in hamsters by turning on and off the...

• Pit bull attacks same victim twice

  Joel Davis | May 29, 2007 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Fellow Injury Board blogger Barry Doyle writes about a dog bite case where liability seems very clear cut.In this terrifying case, a woman was visiting her friend when she noticed that the friend's pit bull was acting aggressively. The visitor, who had been bitten in the leg by the same dog in December 2005, tried to hide in the bathroom, but the dog broke the door down to attack her.Horrifying....

• 5 Indicted in $100 million workers' compensation insurance scam

  Ben Burnside | May 24, 2007 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Five men have been indicted in a $100 million workers comp fraud scam that left hundreds of workers across the country without urgent medical care and death benefits, according to reports by the Associated Press and All Headline News.Between 2001 and 2004, the five men allegedly sold bogus workers' compensation insurance coverage to companies. Businesses allegedly paid premiums for fraudulent,...