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• In-home nurses get workers compensation benefits for car accidents

  Ric Davis | September 07, 2007 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Two nurses could collect workers compensation benefits for separate auto accidents that happened while they were driving to see housebound patients -- even though they weren't paid mileage for the trips, the Workers' Compensation Commission has ruled. Commissioners said the claims were compensable despite the going and coming rule because car travel was a necessary, essential and integral part...

• Blood Thinner Heparin Intentionally Contaminated ?

  Ric Davis | April 17, 2008 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Another glaring example of why the drug industry and President Bush will lobby for pre-emption is found in recent developments with regard to a Baxter International drug. On April 15, 2008, the FDA...

• Allstate Insurance Company Driven by Greed

  Ric Davis | June 30, 2007 3:56 PM | 2 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Allstate Insurance Co.'s phenomenal growth in profits is directly tied to its drastic reduction in claims payments: The insurer offers paltry sums for legitimate claims, counting on its customers' unwillingness to slog through drawn-out litigation. That's no dark secret or allegation. It's a company policy called "Claims Core Process Redesign," devised by powerhouse corporate consultants...

• Plastic Surgery Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled

  Harold Christian | May 29, 2007 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A woman who suffered from an infection after liposuction surgery has settled a medical malpractice lawsuit against the physician. Dr. Andrew Chontos performed the surgery on Julie Hays in 2003. This is the third malpractice suit settled against the former surgeon,The lawsuit says on Sept. 18, 2003, Chontos drained fluid from Julie Hays' abdomen. The fluid was infected, according to the suit.The...

• Medical Malpractice Crisis about the Operating Room and the Board Room, Not the Courtroom

  Ric Davis | June 27, 2007 6:05 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Study after study confirms that the medical malpractice "crisis" has its roots in the operating room, not the courtroom. A study released by HealthGrades, a consumer advocacy group that rates health care providers, found that an astonishing 1.2 million Medicare patients suffered "adverse safety incidents" in American hospitals over the two-year period, 2002-2004. Of those million-plus...

• No Economic Incentive For Worker Safety?

  Ric Davis | April 25, 2008 5:28 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  No Economic Incentive For Worker Safety?

• Williamsburg Woman Wins Slip & Fall Case

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A woman from Williamsburg fell and hit her head outside of a gas station in 2003 causing a brain injury. She sued the company with a slip and fall lawsuit after she was unable to return to work. Water running down from a leaky awning caused her to slip. The plantiff's attorney's were able to get the Miller Mart officials to admit in depositions that they knew the outside curb was dangerous....

• Insurance Company Settles Bad Faith Action Arising Out of Automobile Collision with Drunken Driver for $20 Million

  Harold Christian | July 10, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Joseph Tuski, a former construction worker, was left a quadriplegic, after being struck by a drunken driver and thrown more than 100 feet. In addition to bringing a lawsuit against the drunken driver, Mr. Tuski appropriately brought a lawsuit against the tavern that served alcohol to the drunk driver to such a point as to make him intoxicated even after he was obviously intoxicated. On January...

• Rocky Mount Police Officer Hurt in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A Rocky Mount Police Officer that has been with the force for one year was seriously hurt in a car accident. The accident occured on Sunday morning as he was responding to a call for a robbery in progress. His police cruiser hit an SUV at Woodrull and Hunter Hill roads. The Rocky Mount Fire Department and Nash County EMS also responded to the accident. Officials helped remove Silver - who...

• Health Courts?

  Ric Davis | September 14, 2007 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  The following is an interesting article from Lawyers Weekly on Health Courts. Should medical malpractice claims be decided by an administrator in the medical profession? Should the injured patients' remedies be capped and limited in the interest of economic expediency? You decide............Doctors and tort reformers are pushing legislation in both houses of Congress to fund pilot projects...