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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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Mayor, city councilman, fire chief charged with DWI, sued by victims of crash he caused

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?”   A former mayor and Murrieta, California city councilman is facing a personal injury lawsuit brought by four teenage cheerleaders who were injured…

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Federal government marking out the boundaries for commercial drone use

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?”   Now in addition to birds, planes and Superman, spectators at sporting events can look up in the sky and see drones. The Federal Aviation…

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Causation, foreseeability vexing issues for lawyers, litigants

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?”   This may sound like a simple question, but did the person you want to sue…

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Mother of penknife-wielding man killed in barrage of 46 police bullets calls for justice

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What exactly is a wrongful death claim?”   Jewel Hall, the mother of a 49-year-old mentally disabled man shot dead by Saginaw, Michigan police officers in 2012, is campaigning for justice for her son. Milton…

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Transgender military members face termination for becoming who they are

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What happens when the employer refuses to acknowledge my claim?”   Military regulations require the immediate dismissal of any service member who is found to be transgender. That is placing the some 15,500 transgender people…

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Spike in bicyclist deaths has two-wheeled travelers ducking for cover

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?”   Scenes and outtakes from countless television shows and movies have shown cyclists speeding past people jogging or…

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Woman “virtually decapitated” by lap belt awarded $12.5 million

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What if the accident was my fault?”   A 17-year-old girl who was “virtually decapitated” at the waist when she “jackknifed” over the lap belt in a 1996 Toyota 4Runner has been awarded $12.5 million…

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