Automobile Accidents

• Teen Dead After Being Hit by a Pickup Truck in Spartanburg County

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | November 02, 2009 6:22 PM | 5 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Viktoria Vasiliye Melnik was walking along the northbound lane of Highway 357 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina (SC) when her life came to a tragic end. A 1980 Ford pickup truck, driven by...

• Running Off Road Then Overcorrecting a Common Accident Cause for Teen Drivers

  Emily Mapp Brannon | March 15, 2012 8:41 PM | 2 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Separate car accidents in rural western Virginia (VA) in January and February 2012 that claimed the lives of three teenagers are being attributed to young drivers who ran off the road accidently...

• Preventing a Rear-End Collision

  Jim Lewis | February 22, 2010 8:07 AM | 2 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A large number of rear end collisions happens every day in the United States. Within just one year, approximately 2.5 million rear impact crashes are reported. The risk of these types of...

• 10 year anniversary of four teens killed on Ocean Bay Blvd and Hwy 158 in Kill Devil Hills, NC sparks controversy

  Randy Appleton | April 10, 2009 2:34 AM | 2 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Monday, April 6 marked the 10 year anniversary of the tragic death of four teens at the hand of a drunk driver. The accident happened at the corner of Ocean Bay Blvd and Hwy 158 in Kill Devil Hills,...

• Elon University, North Carolina Professor killed in bicycle/car accident

  Jim Lewis | April 06, 2009 5:01 AM | 2 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Edgar Eugene Gooch, a chemistry professor at Elon University was struck by a car while riding his bicycle Friday night on University Drive in Elon, NC. Gooch died as a result of the accident....

• The Rights of a Passenger in an Auto Accident

  Randy Appleton | December 15, 2011 11:02 AM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  When we talk about car accident liability, we often talk about it in terms of one driver against the other. But what about the passengers in those cars? What are their rights in terms of...

• Its Official: The Death of Injury Trial By Jury In America

  Rick Shapiro | August 13, 2010 1:34 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Personal injury jury trials are vanishing in our country. What are the causes of this slow extinction? Read below to learn my opinion on this issue. Despite the dire proclamations of tort reform...

• Vibrating Car Seat Could Help Cut Down on Car Accidents

  Emily Mapp Brannon | July 08, 2010 4:58 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A mechanical engineer at Yale University invented a vibrating seat aimed to help reduce the number of car wrecks that occur every day in the U.S. The device would start vibrating if a vehicle enters...

• North Carolina Liability Limits of Insurance Are Low

  Emily Mapp Brannon | June 14, 2010 2:25 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  In North Carolina, the minimum requirements of liability insurance for a private passenger vehicle are 30/60/25. This set of numbers represents the minimum liability limits required for bodily...

• Rear End Car Accidents Can Really Hurt You

  Rick Shapiro | May 11, 2010 10:27 AM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Many people think a rear end car accident, also referred to a “fender bender,” isn’t that serious. They say, “Sure, you might have a damaged fender and maybe a sore neck,...