There was a time when one of our employees at our firm took a motorcycle riding class at Ray Price Harley Davidson located in Raleigh. When he came back, he mentioned to me that he didn’t know that a riding section was required when obtaining your motorcycle endorsement in North Carolina. I…
Q: Do I have to wait until my personal injury claim is settled to resolve my vehicle damage claim? A: No. Your property damage claim can be handled through the liability adjuster without affecting your personal injury claim. Most property damage claims are handled soon after the accident, whereas your…
Below is an excerpt from the newly released book, North Carolina’s Guide to Nursing Home Negligence. In the following text, Ben Cochran discuss the reasoning behind the writing of the book: Every year, thousands of nursing home residents are seriously injured or die as a result of abuse and neglect in…
In 1957, North Carolina became one of the first states to adopt a compulsory insurance law. Designed to compensate accident victims for losses and injuries obtained in accidents involving vehicles, the Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act, requires all motor vehicles registered in North Carolina to be covered by an automobile liability…
If you’ve been reading the papers, reading news online or watching TV, you might have seen that the diabetes drug Avandia is being mentioned again. The information below, which is background on the drug, is from our main website. The drug Avandia, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, is used to treat Type…
If you are a regular reader of the blog, you may remember a post we brought you in August of 2009 about Compassionate Allowances in the Social Security Disability system. To review, “Compassionate Allowances” are medical conditions which clearly meet the requirements for Social Security benefits. Due to clearly meeting…
Benjamin T. Cochran, Managing Partner of the North Carolina personal injury law firm Hardison & Cochran, has been named by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star in North Carolina for 2010. The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional…
Do not approach an unfamiliar or stray dog. Never panic and run away from a dog running and screaming. If approached by an unfamiliar dog, stand “like a tree” Do not disturb a dog when it is sleeping, eating or tending to its puppies. Never leave children alone with a…
The cost of hiring a lawyer to handle your vehicle damage claim is generally not practical. The cost of direct attorney assistance is too high. Even a lawsuit without a lawyer’s assistance may not be a reasonable option. A lawsuit takes time. When your primary objective is to get your…
A great post on Gordon Gates’ Social Security Disability Blog about the substantial gainful activity rate for 2010 reminded us that we have not covered this subject at all on our blog. So in our first post of the New Year we will do just that. What is substantial gainful…
