It may come as a shock to our readers, but the most dangerous act you do in any given day is drive your car. And, for many, you do it every day. Millions of car crashes happen every day, and people are injured and killed as a result. However, we often focus on the...
A few decades ago, self-driving, assisted and fully autonomous vehicles only existed in sci-fi movies. Today, every year, we get closer and closer to our sci-fi dreams of fully autonomous vehicles. Right now, almost every automaker in the United States offers some...
Your employer has no right to discriminate against you based on your decision to have children. Under Title VII of the civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, employers are legally prohibited from discriminating against...
Constant calls from harassing creditors are challenging enough without them pursuing debts that you already paid or never owed in the first place. The incessant hounding is a strategy by collectors to force their targets just to give in and pay. Many people provide...
Our legal system is supposed to give all of us the chance to be heard after we have been wronged, but we all know that civil lawsuits don't put everyone on an equal footing. This becomes all too obvious when an average person tries to take legal action against a large...
Roadwork in Fayetteville can be a real headache if it is slowing down your morning commute or making you late picking your kids up from school. Still, motorists must drive cautiously in construction sites, to avoid striking construction workers performing roadwork....
For people on the North Carolina roads between 2020 and 2021, there was good reason to worry about safety. The auto accident statistics rose substantially as did the number of injuries and fatalities. Researchers, legislators and law enforcement have tried to...
Unfortunately, our daily driving is dangerous. There is just no way around that. However, while we may focus on car accidents, those crashes are often minor fender benders. However, truck accidents rarely are so minor. This is because commercial trucks dwarf cars in...
Any lawsuit can be complex and the same is true for class action lawsuits. One major part of a class action lawsuit is determining which court will hear the case—federal court or state court. The Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) of 2005 addresses the topic of when a...
Class action lawsuits are brought by one person on behalf of many people who otherwise would have filed the same lawsuit on their own. The ruling in the class action lawsuit applies to everyone in the class. Class action lawsuits bring efficiency to the legal system,...