Month: October 2014
A North Carolina worker injured on the job can usually get medical care paid for through the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance. Workers’ compensation evolved in the twentieth century so that by 1949 every state in the nation required employers to provide an insurance program to cover its injured workers. How Workers’ Compensation Claims Are Paid…Read More
On January 3, 2012, a new safety related ban went into effect for commercial truckers – no more hand-held cell phones while driving. The new law – which also applies to bus drivers – affects four million drivers on the nation’s roads, according to ABC2news.com. Drivers who fail to follow the law face stiff penalties:…Read More
Four people are killed in the U.S. every week by vehicles backing over them, according to USAToday.com. In many cases, the victim is a child or elderly pedestrian. NHTSA.com reports that 292 people are killed and 18,000 are injured in back-over car accidents every year. Children under five account for about 44 percent of back-over…Read More
One of the defining moments for teenagers in the U.S. is earning a driver’s license, which equates to gaining some independence from parental supervision. This defining moment can quickly turn devastating, however, due to various factors like disobeying traffic laws and distracted driving. There has been an alarming spike recently in the number of teenagers…Read More
In an effort to reduce car accidents and improve driver safety, the state of North Carolina has passed a new law called the Fender Bender Law. The Fender Bender Law requires motorists involved in any car accident where no one is injured to move off to the side of the road as quickly and safely…Read More