The US Department of Education has pulled access to federal financial aid dollars from Charlotte School of Law, a for-profit institution in Charlotte, North Carolina. The DOE claims the school has been misleading about its students’ performance on the North Carolina state bar exam and their prospects for finding work after graduation that would help …
Erectile dysfunction medication Viagra and its twin drug Revatio, prescribed for a high-blood-pressure condition known as pulmonary arterial hypertension, have been prescribed to millions of men. However, a higher risk of developing melanoma (the malignant tumor associated with skin cancer) is being linked with these common oral medications. If you or someone you know has …
Attorney Ben Whitley has been honored with the 2017 Best Lawyer in America Award for Worker’s Compensation. At the Whitley Law Firm, we would like to congratulate him on this prestigious accomplishment. The Worker’s Compensation award is granted by Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest peer-review publications in the legal space. Since 1983, …
We wanted to take a moment to introduce our most recent—and exceptional—intern. Sarah Dillard is a third-year student at Campbell Law School and this year takes on the role of president of the high-profile Campbell Law Innocence Project (C.L.I.P.), which is responsible for assisting the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence in reviewing innocence claims. …
Lawsuits involving the use of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) are on the rise and it is important that you understand why. Designed to treat acid-related disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract, PPIs have been around since the late 1980s, but their use in the U.S. has increased in recent years, according to the National Health …
A statute of limitations is established by the legislature and creates time limits within which certain claims may be brought. The theory or the policy behind a statute of limitations is fairness, really for both parties, because memories fade, evidence becomes unavailable, and things of that nature. Out of fairness to both parties, the law …
If someone is charged with a crime, the burden of proof that is placed on the prosecutor is to establish that the accused is “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt”. That is a pretty steep demand, calling for a great deal of evidence. In a personal injury claim, however, the burden of proof is that “more …
Most people never need to file a personal injury lawsuit and consequently are unsure of how to proceed. If filing a civil lawsuit is appropriate for your situation, a good place to start is with an attorney. Most personal injury attorneys in Raleigh offer free case evaluations, as we do at Whitley Law Firm. You …
If you file a personal injury lawsuit against someone, that defendant or their insurer could ask for an independent medical examination (IME). After all, when someone is injured in an accident, he or she usually will go to their own doctor, the defendant simply wants a second opinion. Now the defendant cannot choose just any medical …
When you file a claim with insurance, as an experienced Raleigh personal injury attorney can tell you, you will likely need to name any witnesses and may even need to include a direct statement from them. The insurance adjuster could follow up by asking for the contact information of these witnesses. If the person who filed …