Sometimes the responsible party in a personal injury case turns out to be the local government – such as a work crew or individual employee or a work crew that was negligent. In such cases, you may need to file a claim for compensation against the city or other governmental…
By some accounts, the third-leading cause of death in the United States after cancer and heart disease is injuries caused by medical error. Not all patient injuries or deaths that happen while under the care of medical providers involve medical malpractice. This makes legal claims of medical malpractice challenging cases…
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…
Though car accidents and other serious accidents happen every day, relatively few people have gone through a full personal injury claim and lawsuit seeking compensation for their losses. This has led some people who deserve compensation for their injuries to have some incorrect assumptions about personal injury claims. The attorneys…
A safety feature in some cars that automatically stops the vehicles from backing into other objects is the best advanced driver assistance system available for reducing insurance claims, says a nonprofit group dedicated to reducing accidents and injuries from car crashes. Researchers from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) found that vehicles…
A survey of owners of commercial truck and bus fleets finds that newly adopted Hours of Service (HOS) rules for commercial drivers are not well understood and are expected mainly to pose problems with recordkeeping. The survey, New Hours of Service Change Viewpoints: 2020 Transport Industry Study, was conducted from…
As the seasons change from summer into fall and the sun sits lower in the sky, it is important to be more aware of the driving hazards caused by glare. Morning and evening rush hours can become suddenly more dangerous if you round a curve and find yourself staring directly…
Raleigh, North Carolina— Hardison & Cochran, Attorneys at Law is pleased to announce that attorneys Benjamin. T. Cochran and Carter Whittington have been recognized in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers. Mr. Cochran, a Board Certified Specialist in North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Law, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 in the “Workers’ Compensation…
The detonation of certain volatile industrial chemicals can cause serious bodily injury, death, and significant property damage in the workplace and possibly over a larger area. Tons of potentially explosive chemicals are stored in workplaces across North Carolina. Depending on its size, a chemical storage explosion could create a significant…
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…
