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Hoaxers “SWAT” online streamers with prank emergency calls

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?”   Joshua Peters was streaming the popular online games RuneScape and Clash of the Clans when his ten-year-old brother answered a knock at his family’s…

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Even personal-injury lawyers are against frivolous lawsuits

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 personal injury attorney who has found himself on the other side of at least two lawsuits—as a defendant—says he does not like the…

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Looming Medicaid change means some personal injury claimants may get nothing

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?”   If you think the courts are overflowing with personal injury lawsuits, you had better close your eyes for the next year-and-a-half. A looming Medicaid…

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Same-sex spouse says 2013 DOMA decision means she is entitled to $400,000

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Are the laws or rules applying to a wrongful death claim different from a personal injury not involving death?”   The summer of 2013 was a joyous time for some same-sex couples. When the United…

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Definition of “humiliation” means no coverage under insurance policy for company

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 owner of an Ohio dance franchise will have to defend against a lawsuit brought by angry customers on its own…

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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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Seventh Circuit reverses dismissal of ladder lawsuit that caused grievous penis injury

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?”   Six years ago, Kurt Stuhlmacher had just begun to put together rafters on the roof a cabin he was building for his…

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Sleepy Hollow residents close to losing their heads over nuisance-causing neighbor

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I have been injured on another person’s property. What should I do now?”   The old schoolteacher Ichabod Crane, late of Washington Irving’s 1819 tale, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” found himself tumbling “headlong into the dust” after…

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“Reasonable person” standard an issue in nearly every personal injury case

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?”   Knowing what a “reasonable person” would have done in the circumstances of your personal injury case may determine whether you receive the…

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“Mom of the year” settles lawsuit with neighbor she impersonated for rape solicitation

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I have been injured on another person’s property. What should I do now?”   The owner of a Carmel Valley, California property has settled a lawsuit out of court with the 2007 winner of the local “Mother of…

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