Personal injury Lawyer Matt Arnold answers the question: “If I am injured in a car accident or at work what should I do?” If you’ve been involved in an auto accident, chances are you’re confused about exactly what comes next. If you’re like most people, you haven’t been involved…
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Dying at Work
Charlotte Injury Lawyer Matt Arnold answers the question: “What if I am unable to work following the accident, as a result of my injuries? Will I be able to recover my lost wages?” Though it seems hard to imagine, thousands of people go to work each year and fail…
Recent Chattanooga Bus Crash Highlights State’s Personal Injury Award Limits
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: How does the law of contributory negligence play a role in my case? Tennessee has been in the news several times recently for very unfortunate reasons. Most recently was the terrible fire that swept through Gatlinburg and, before that, was…
Black Friday Shooting Deaths Top Personal Injuries This Year
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: How does the law of contributory negligence play a role in my case? Even before Black Friday 2016 hit, personal injury attorneys across the nation (including ourselves) had enough cautionary tales to fill a book with the horror stories that…
Woman’s Death from Fainting into Glass Cigar Case Not Foreseeable, Judge Rules
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?” We all know smoking can kill, but in one man’s recent wrongful death claim against a Tennessee pipe tobacco and cigar store, he did not allege that the shop’s products…
California law clarifies what happens when undocumented immigrants file personal injury lawsuits
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?” What happens if you’re an undocumented immigrant who is injured in a personal injury accident? In California, the rule has long been that though immigration status would not preclude you…
Company Pays Millions After Crash Caused By Trucker Talking While Driving
Personal injury Lawyer Matt Arnold answers the question: “If I am injured in a car accident or at work what should I do?” The danger of using cellphones behind the wheel is evident to everyone by now. For years, we’ve all heard about accidents caused by distraction linked to…
How One Woman’s Restraining Order, Criminal Complaints Led to a $15,000 Wrongful Prosecution Judgement Against Her
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: “Can I post about my injury on Social Media?” Malicious prosecution just may be the hot-button lawsuit of the week. In our criminal blog this week (link here?), we discuss a South Carolina man a jury recently awarded $150,000…
Victims to Divide $265 Million Payout For 2015 Amtrak Accident
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: “What exactly is a wrongful death claim?” A judge in Pennsylvania recently issued an important decision that hundreds of injured commuters have been eagerly awaiting. Since May 2015, when a Northeast Regional Amtrak train derailed between New York and D.C.,…
Recovery Curbed Yet Again by Contributory Negligence: One Reporter’s Story
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: How does the law of contributory negligence play a role in my case? A Raleigh News & Observer reporter recently wrote a column about his personal experience with North Carolina’s “rigged system” of contributory negligence. The overall humorous tone of…