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Liability in Car Accidents Caused by Sudden Incapacitation (Medical Emergency) in North Carolina

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: “What if the accident was my fault?”   Typically, a driver who causes a car crash in Charlotte or elsewhere in North Carolina is held liable for the resulting damages if the victim can prove that the driver was negligent. However,…

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Court Gives Injury Victim Second Chance To Make Her Case

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: “May I choose my own doctor in a personal injury case?”   The sad reality is that one of the many hurdles personal injury victims often are forced to overcome is the skepticism by some concerning the severity of their injuries.…

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Appeals Court Says Insurance Company’s Bad Faith Could Prove Costly

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: “The insurance company wants to send me to their own doctor for a second opinion. Do I have to go?”   Anyone who has ever been involved in a car accident likely understands how frustrating it can be dealing with an…

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The Reason This Skydiving Company Was Sued May Surprise You

Personal injury Lawyer Matt Arnold answers the question: “What should I do if I have been injured by another party but I can’t afford a lawyer?”   The legal battle against Colorado company Mile-High Skydiving has waged on to the state’s Court of Appeals, and the lawsuit might not involve…

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Dram Shop Case May Hold Alcohol Vendor Responsible for Death of Charlotte Woman

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: “What is the harm of being on social media when trying to settle an injury claim?”   In a ruling that has vendors of alcoholic beverages shifting nervously in their seats, a divided court of appeals ruled this month that a…

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Paper sees irony in latest move to censor conservative UNCW professor

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What should I do if I have been injured by another party but I can’t afford a lawyer?”   A group of some 40 students at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington claim that a professor’s posts on…

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Seventh Circuit reverses dismissal of ladder lawsuit that caused grievous penis injury

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can I wait a few months to pursue a personal injury claim?”   Six years ago, Kurt Stuhlmacher had just begun to put together rafters on the roof a cabin he was building for his…

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