A man who suffered life-threatening injuries after a woman on a cell phone ran a stop sign and crashed into his vehicle has settled a lawsuit against her estate for $1.75 million, the man’s attorneys report. In April 2017, ...

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A North Carolina woman has reached a $1.85 million confidential settlement with a trucking company after claiming it negligently put behind the wheel a driver who injured her, according to the woman’s attorneys. William Owens and Kimberly Miller of Owens ...

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State v. Spencer Officer Battle testified that, as he approached defendant’s vehicle after a high-speed chase, defendant’s vehicle started “coming towards me at a very fast pace,” “as the vehicle was coming towards me, I step[ped] out of the way,” “the vehicle started to head towards me and at that point I jumped back, jumped maybe eight or nine feet,” and “I knew ... [defendant] had gained traction and he was accelerating back on the road. Due to my closeness of myself and his vehicle, at that point I felt like my life was in danger.”

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In re: D.A.Q. A juvenile was improperly ordered to pay $242.58 in restitution after he was adjudicated delinquent on two counts of feloniously breaking and entering a motor vehicle since the trial court failed to make any findings regarding whether restitution is in the juvenile’s best interest and whether the restitution was fair to the juvenile.

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Plaintiff’s vehicle was struck from behind by a vehicle travelling at 45 mph.  Plaintiff lost consciousness in the collision. In March 2007, he underwent cervical decompression, a complete diskectomy, bilateral foraminotomies and decompression of the nerve roots.  He developed depression ...

Tagged with: Bladen County motor vehicle Motor Vehicle Negligence

  A Henderson County jury returned a $2.5 million verdict against a Buncombe County man who seriously injured a 65-year-old woman from Buncombe County in a head-on automobile collision.   Verdict Report Type of action: Motor vehicle accident Injuries alleged: ...

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The case involved a Hispanic female in her early 40s who was a legal resident from the Dominican Republic. Plaintiff had been in the United States for only a few months, living in New Jersey but in North Carolina at ...

Tagged with: auto accident Brain Injury Fractures motor vehicle wreck

Type of action: Motor vehicle incident Injuries alleged: Torn aorta; traumatic brain injury Case name: Confidential Case number: Confidential Court: Confidential Verdict or settlement: Settlement   Date: April 2010 Amount: $2.525 million              Insurer: Confidential      Plaintiff’s attorney: C. Jeff ...

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The plaintiff, a 37-year-old college graduate, alleged a mild traumatic brain injury resulting in severe cognitive and emotional impairment. The plaintiff presented evidence from his treating physicians and a vocational expert that his deficits rendered him permanently and totally disabled ...

Tagged with: auto accident Brain Injury Mecklenburg County motor vehicle wreck

A 6-year-old restrained left rear passenger in a motor vehicle operated by his mother collided with an oncoming tractor trailer on a city street in Winston-Salem on Sept. 14, 2007. The defendant driver of the tractor-trailer reported the motor vehicle ...

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