In early July 2018, Bird, an electric scooter company, released 150 scooters in Raleigh, North Carolina for public transportation use. City goers and city officials have voiced concerns regarding the safety and storage of the scooters, especially because policymakers have not discussed where users should ride and leave their scooters. The additional transportation option has …
The construction industry is one of the most dangerous places to work in. An accident on August 9, 2018, in Wake County demonstrated this when a heavy piece of equipment fell onto a worker and took her life. The name of the 48-year-old worker has not yet been released. The accident took place just before …
According to North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, last year the state saw 38 verdicts or settlements with payouts being $1 million or more. The Whitley Law Firm provided representation in three of these 38 cases, which is more than any other firm in the state. The Whitley Law Firm’s personal injury attorneys successfully negotiated a $6 …
Last week a U.S. judge in San Francisco made a ruling that will allow hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto, the maker of weed killer Roundup, to move forward. Cancer victims and their families say that the agrochemical manufacturer knew that Roundup’s active ingredient glyphosate was a cancer risk, but failed to warn the public. Monsanto …
The chemical conglomerate Monsanto, known both famously and infamously for its weed-killing product Round-Up, is hoping a judge in California will decide that the scientific evidence related to the claims of numerous plaintiffs against Monsanto is inadmissible. The lawsuits stem from a 2015 finding by a World Health Organization-affiliated International Agency for Research on Cancer …
Under a recent ruling, Smith & Nephew—the maker of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR)—must continue to face serious negligence and misrepresentation claims in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Whitney Butcher, an attorney with the Whitley Law Firm who sits on the MDL Plaintiff’s Steering Committee, explains …
The goal of the Bair Hugger blanket system is to maintain a patient’s body temperature, which is crucial after surgery and often used in hospitals. This blanket system, manufactured by the 3M Company, uses convective warming to make sure the patient doesn’t get hypothermia, when the body loses heat too quickly. Forced-air warming, or convective …
Bob Whitley has learned many things in his long career in the law. He shares these valuable life lessons in his new book, “Attorney On Call – Lessons from a Life in the Law,” putting his experiences in perspective. Bob discusses how to handle your personal injury cases based upon his 43 years of experience, …
If you or someone you know has endured an infection related to the Bair Hugger surgical warming system, it’s not too late to take action. Lawsuits are heating up around the country as more injury cases are linked to this widely used “blanket” device for keeping the body adequately warm, especially during orthopedic surgeries such …
The Whitley Law Firm Distracted Driving Prevention Scholarship was established to help address the prevalence of distracted driving on our roadways. The following are our award winners who we believe put forth the strongest claims to preventing driving while distracted. For more information on this annual scholarship and how to apply for the next academic …
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