Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” Is a tractor-trailer accident the same as an automobile accident?” The estate of a Michigan man who suffered a fatal heart attack after being frightened to death when he ran into the back…
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Officials looking for person who decapitated couple’s service dog
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What exactly is a wrongful death claim?” Police are looking for someone who decapitated a thirteen-year-old deaf-and-blind service dog. Shirley and Dennis Morrow—the dog’s owners—said a family friend who was helping them search for…
Grocery chain responsible for boy’s food-allergy death, lawsuit claims
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What if a loved one dies from the injuries sustained in a serious accident while the case is pending?” A family whose eleven-year-old son passed away last year after eating a chocolate-chip cookie from…
Woman representing late husband’s estate sues herself over accident that killed him
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What exactly is a wrongful death claim?” Woman causes husband’s death, sues herself for negligence, wins, then pays herself the money. If one believes the headline, it is true. A closer look reveals the…
Gym-mat death spawns two million-dollar lawsuits, so far
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What exactly is a wrongful death claim?” The death of a Georgia teen found in a rolled-up high school gym mat two years ago has spawned both a $100-million wrongful-death lawsuit and a $1…
N.C. among minority of states continuing to install deadly guardrails on state highways
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What if a loved one dies from the injuries sustained in a serious accident while the case is pending?” State officials have rebuffed calls to stop installing guardrails that activists say have caused dozens…
Pop Warner youth-football-concussion law suit first of many, lawyer says
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What exactly is a wrongful death claim?” Joseph Chernach started playing in a Pop Warner football league in 1997, when he was eleven-years-old. By the time he stopped playing three years later, his brain…
Google exec’s Seeking Arrangement hookup leads to heroin-injection death
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Are the laws or rules applying to a wrongful death claim different from a personal injury not involving death?” It took three months and a court order, but the Santa Cruz, California Police Department…
Maryland’s first female Bishop accused of striking cyclist, leaving him to die on road
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What if a loved one dies from the injuries sustained in a serious accident while the case is pending?” The State of Maryland’s first-ever ordained female Episcopal Bishop is in the news over the…
Speeding truck driver jackknifes, flips truck on US 74, killing sheriff’s deputy
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” Is a tractor-trailer accident the same as an automobile accident?” A Union County Sheriff’s Deputy was killed early Wednesday morning after a tractor-trailer jackknifed and tipped over, falling on the deputy’s car and…