Victor C. Mitchener, Attorney
Joseph H. Downer, Attorney
There’s a lot to figure out after you’ve been injured in a car accident. While you’ll have to find a way to cope with the physical pain and limitations that you have been dealt, you’ll also have to find a way to offset the financial damages to which you’ve been...
If you happen to be in an unavoidable car accident in North Carolina, there is nothing that you can do about what happened already. However, after the accident, you can concentrate on what you need to do next. There are several things that you should do after an...
It may come as a surprise to locals, but distracted driving is now the biggest danger to drivers on the road today. That means that North Carolina drivers now have more to fear from texting and driving than drunk drivers, according to the National Highway Traffic...
Every day, most of us buckle up, turn on the engine and set out to whatever destination is our normal target, whether it be work, home or a quick bite to eat. Cars are practically a necessity to everyday life in Charlotte, North Carolina. So too are our nighttime...
Accidents happen. Sometimes people just trip or slip, fall and are seriously injured, and sometimes it's no one's fault. But there are also cases where a property owner's negligence led to the accident. In these cases, the injured may seek compensation for their...
Truck accidents can devastate a North Carolina family. Just because of the size difference between semi-trucks and cars, victims of truck accidents often suffer severe injuries. Assuming they survive, victims might suffer debilitating spinal cord injuries or traumatic...
The fact that riding a motorcycle presents more significant risks of injury than driving a car is not “breaking news.” Yet, motorcyclists may need reminders of the dangers posed by the two-wheel transports sharing roads with much larger vehicles. A growing number of...
In many personal injury lawsuits involving motor vehicle accidents, one of the most difficult issues for plaintiffs is proving that the defendant was at fault for the accident. In others, the actions of the defendant were clearly in violation of a safety law, and may...
Head-on collisions can be especially dangerous because the contact is direct and the two vehicles usually expend all of their kinetic energy on each other. If the angle of impact were greater than zero degrees, some of that energy would be transferred to another...
Can you hold a property owner liable if you were injured in an attack by someone while you were on their property? This is a difficult question in personal injury law, and it is the question behind a recent lawsuit in which a former student claims that a North...
