Any motor vehicle crash can be intense for all involved, but when it comes to motorcycle accidents, with no outer frame or so much as an airbag to protect riders and passengers, the effects can be all the more devastating. So what can you do when a crash leaves you with medical bills and missed …
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Financial Exploitation Lawsuit Settled by Elderly Woman’s Family
WCNC.com reported on a confidential settlement that a family had reached with an investor, one who is accused by the family of taking advantage of a now 88-year-old dementia patient. The elderly woman owned an old Charlotte home, one that recently fell into foreclosure as she had been suffering from dementia since 2009, according to …
Record Number of Dog Bite Claims Filed Last Year
This week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week, and American insurance companies said they had received 17,359 dog bite claims in 2013, the highest amount in a decade, when the old record was first set. This also represents a 5.5 percent increase from 2012. Here are some more of the numbers from the Insurance Information …
Study Links Workplace Exposure to Benzene & Other Chemicals to Mental Health Issues
May 13, 2014, a study was released, showing the worrisome scores from memory and thinking tests that were taken by retired power company employees in France. While some of these workers had left the power company decades before, nearly every single one of them had been exposed to benzene or other solvents while on the …
Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits Reach $830 Million Settlement
About 22,000 lawsuits were filed against Endo’s subsidiary, American Medical Systems. In these transvaginal mesh lawsuits, all the plaintiffs claimed that this treatment for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse was injurious, causing such health issues as painful sex and bleeding. Wednesday, April 30, Reuters reported that Endo International PLC had agreed to the …
Benjamin Whitley & Ann Ochsner Selected as 2014 Super Lawyers Rising Stars
The Whitley Law Firm is delighted to announce that Attorneys Benjamin Whitley and Ann Ochsner have been named to the 2014 list of Rising Stars℠. This prestigious accolade comes from the Super Lawyers rating service, which uses a rigorous selection process to find the leading attorneys in every state. When someone is named to the …