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Lame-duck Illinois legislature gives asbestos attorneys, claimants early holiday gift

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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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“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…

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“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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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