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Grocery chain responsible for boy’s food-allergy death, lawsuit claims

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?”   A family whose eleven-year-old son passed away last year after eating a chocolate-chip cookie from…

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Woman representing late husband’s estate sues herself over accident that killed him

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What exactly is a wrongful death claim?”   Woman causes husband’s death, sues herself for negligence, wins, then pays herself the money. If one believes the headline, it is true. A closer look reveals the…

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Gym-mat death spawns two million-dollar lawsuits, so far

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What exactly is a wrongful death claim?”   The death of a Georgia teen found in a rolled-up high school gym mat two years ago has spawned both a $100-million wrongful-death lawsuit and a $1…

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N.C. among minority of states continuing to install deadly guardrails on state highways

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?”   State officials have rebuffed calls to stop installing guardrails that activists say have caused dozens…

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Pop Warner youth-football-concussion law suit first of many, lawyer says

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What exactly is a wrongful death claim?”   Joseph Chernach started playing in a Pop Warner football league in 1997, when he was eleven-years-old. By the time he stopped playing three years later, his brain…

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“Parked” car accidents illustrate danger of being run over by your own car

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What if the accident was my fault?”   A spate of recent tragic incidents shows the dangers posed by motor vehicles do not end when we park them—or when we think we have parked them.…

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Lawyer thinks self-driving cars may be a bust for personal injury attorneys

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?”   Motor vehicles and the virtually unfettered freedom of movement throughout the United States they have afforded have become staples of American life over…

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Maryland’s first female Bishop accused of striking cyclist, leaving him to die on road

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?”   The State of Maryland’s first-ever ordained female Episcopal Bishop is in the news over the…

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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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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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