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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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North Carolina law would discriminate against Richard Sherman’s son

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?”   If he knew any better, Seattle Seahawks star Richard Sherman’s son would be praying his…

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Injury lawyers voice concerns over specter of non-lawyer ownership of law firms

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Should I trust the insurance adjuster?”   The American Bar Association—prodded by American businesses like Legal Zoom, Inc.—is studying the issue of non-lawyer ownership of law firms. In the United States, lawyers are generally prohibited…

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Google exec’s Seeking Arrangement hookup leads to heroin-injection death

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?”   It took three months and a court order, but the Santa Cruz, California Police Department…

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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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School-bus compartment door flies open, causing crash that injures 23 students

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” Is a tractor-trailer accident the same as an automobile accident?”   A storage compartment door on a Gaston County school bus opened suddenly on Wednesday, causing the school bus to overturn and injuring some…

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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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“Parked” car accidents illustrate danger of being run over by your own car

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What if the accident was my fault?”   A spate of recent tragic incidents shows the dangers posed by motor vehicles do not end when we park them—or when we think we have parked them.…

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