Legal Briefs: Do I have to sign a release allowing the insurance company to get my medical records? A man exposed to a substance used in food flavorings to mimic the taste of butter has been awarded $2.6 million by an Orange County, California jury. The man, Tanu Vatuvei, contracted…
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 student at New York City’s Columbia University has brought suit against the Ivy League school, alleging that it tolerated and even encouraged the…
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “The insurance adjuster is saying I am partially negligent what does that mean?” Bloomington, Illinois-based State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. bills itself as a company full of people who have a passion for…
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What should I do if I have been injured by another party but I can’t afford a lawyer?” A group of some 40 students at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington claim that a professor’s posts on…
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?” Many people who are injured as a result of the negligent or intentional conduct of a third party wonder if the law provides any…
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?” Allison Kinsman was an 18-year-old freshman at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, on the night in December 2012 on which she…
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What should I do if I have been injured by another party but I can’t afford a lawyer?” Humayun Akhtar purchased a parcel of real property in Florham Park, New Jersey where he planned to build a dream…
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?” Many well-known courtroom battles involving the interplay between the rights of individuals and the government boil down to what a government can legally require…
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “The insurance adjuster is saying I am partially negligent what does that mean?” The failure by the mother of a little-league softball player to allege that an area recreation district owed her a duty…
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?” Neighbors of a North Charlotte man who has a penchant for standing naked at his front door say they want to change North Carolina’s…