North Carolina law requires drivers to stop and notify the police if they are involved in a car accident that causes personal injury, death, or more than $1,000 in property damage. Local police will respond to accident reports on city streets. Either the North Carolina Highway Patrol or local law…
You might assume that running a red light is always illegal in North Carolina. But under certain circumstances, motorcyclists may proceed through a red light. To contend with the issue of sensors not always recognizing motorcycles, the state of North Carolina has a safe-on-red law that allows motorcyclists to proceed cautiously through…
If you have a personal injury claim from a car crash or slip and fall accident in North Carolina against another party whose negligence caused your injury, you have a limited time to pursue justice. In most cases, North Carolina’s personal injury statute of limitations bars filing lawsuits after three…
If you have been injured in an accident in North Carolina, you can add up the cost of your medical bills and the income you lost from missing weeks of work. But quantifying the cost of the pain and anguish you experienced is more difficult. Unlike medical bills and lost…
Public awareness campaigns and legislation over the last few decades have focused on the dangers of drinking and driving, but any kind of impairment makes it unsafe to drive. Unfortunately, our nation is seeing an uptick in drugged driving, especially driving under the influence of marijuana, which is leading to…
People injured in car accidents often face significant financial hardships. One of the most common questions that accident victims ask is how much to expect from a car accident settlement. The honest answer is that it depends on many factors including the severity of the injuries, the degree of fault,…
Unless you have experienced the loss of a loved one in a car accident, you can’t truly know the shock, sorrow, and overwhelming emotions it causes. If you find yourself dealing with this traumatic, life-changing experience, you may wonder how to go on and what should happen next. At Hardison &…
Federal rules adopted last year to require electronic logging devices in commercial trucks are expected to ensure that truck drivers take mandatory rest breaks and reduce truck accidents caused by drowsy driving. The automated logging devices are expected to reduce the possibility that truck drivers would skip mandatory rest breaks…
Below are six sometimes-forgotten driving safety tips that will likely make you think, “Yes, of course.” Reminders are always helpful, and we at Hardison & Cochran Attorneys at Law in Raleigh, NC, hope these important road safety tips will prove beneficial to you or someone you care about. Do Away…
Will the federal government’s new voluntary program for automakers to share test data about the development of self-driving cars provide much useful information? The Verge, an arm of the Axios media company that reports on technology, says that initial reports about self-driving cars in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s voluntary program are…
