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…
“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…
“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…
Fast-food worker who confessed to spiking cop’s Big Mac with glass wins $437,000
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” If an incident report was filled out, do I have a right to receive a copy?” “At some point, something told me, grab a Big Mac.” Those words—and that decision—would forever change the…
Spike in bicyclist deaths has two-wheeled travelers ducking for cover
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” If an incident report was filled out, do I have a right to receive a copy?” Scenes and outtakes from countless television shows and movies have shown cyclists speeding past people jogging or…
Golfer who accused Eddie Murphy of inflating his handicap has lawsuit sunk
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?” A 77-year-old Irish golfer who sued Eddie Murphy after a golf club told him he had a 13 handicap watched Ireland’s High…
Red Bull does not really give you wings, but you can really get $10 if you bought one can
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?” Red Bull does not really give you wings, but since you might have thought it did, the company that makes the popular…
“White lesbian mother” sues sperm bank for sending her African-American man’s sperm
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What exactly is a wrongful death claim?” A Uniontown, Ohio mother claims she and her partner must move out of their “all-white hometown” so that their mixed-race daughter will be accepted. Jennifer Cramblett, described…
Customer whose leg was broken by martial-arts-style kick from Costco worker sues
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I have been injured on another person’s property. What should I do now?” Maybe I am an oddball, but I feel a little insulted when I am asked to present a receipt when exiting a store. The…