Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?” Madison County, Illinois accounts for .08-percent of the nation’s population, but the tiny county just east of the Mississippi River accounts for 25-percent of…
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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…
Vehicle owners can be liable for crashes caused by family or household members
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?” If you have imbibed, over the holidays, a little too much of the alcohol-spiked eggnog,…
Sleepy Hollow residents close to losing their heads over nuisance-causing neighbor
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I have been injured on another person’s property. What should I do now?” The old schoolteacher Ichabod Crane, late of Washington Irving’s 1819 tale, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” found himself tumbling “headlong into the dust” after…
Company’s treatment of breastfeeding employee a case of what not to do
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can my employer fire me because I filed a workers’ compensation claim?” A mother-of-two who was ordered to breastfeed in a supply closet at work has settled a sex harassment lawsuit she brought against…
“Reasonable person” standard an issue in nearly every personal injury case
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?” Knowing what a “reasonable person” would have done in the circumstances of your personal injury case may determine whether you receive the…
“Mom of the year” settles lawsuit with neighbor she impersonated for rape solicitation
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I have been injured on another person’s property. What should I do now?” The owner of a Carmel Valley, California property has settled a lawsuit out of court with the 2007 winner of the local “Mother of…
Fast-food worker who confessed to spiking cop’s Big Mac with glass wins $437,000
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” If an incident report was filled out, do I have a right to receive a copy?” “At some point, something told me, grab a Big Mac.” Those words—and that decision—would forever change 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…
Medical marijuana user sues, argues company violated law by denying her an internship
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?” A graduate student who was denied a summer internship at a textile company because of her use of medical marijuana has brought an employment…