Why do I need an attorney? Why can’t I just handle the insurance company myself? The answer is simple. Because the insurance company will have a huge upper-hand. If you have been involved in an accident, whether it be a car, motorcycle, boat, or truck accident, you must not hesitate to immediately seek legal counsel. […]

Were you injured because of somebody else’s negligence? If so, you may be entitled to compensation. Under North Carolina law, compensation is intended to put an injured victim in the place they would have been had the accident never happened.  These are called “compensatory damages.”  An experienced North Carolina personal injury attorney should pursue all […]

Once a jury announces its verdict or a judge decides a case, that’s not necessarily the end.  Sometimes one or more parties may appeal.  This is how a party might challenge the outcome or decisions made by the judge during the course of pretrial motions or at trial.  To initiate the appeal, the appealing party […]

As Wilmington NC nursing home abuse and neglect lawyers, we have seen terrible instances of abuse and neglect occur at nursing home facilities.  Putting a parent or other loved in a nursing home is a difficult and financially costly decision.  It is important to pick the right facility.  First and foremost, you want to ensure […]

In this blog post, we provide a step-by-step procedure for people wanting to open an estate and provide some commentary on the estate administration process.   How to initiate the estate administration process? In order to bring a wrongful death claim, the estate administration process must be initiated and the Clerk of Court must open an […]

The age old question for a personal injury client: How much is my case worth?  Anyone injured in an accident will need this question answered by someone looking out for them.  The insurance company fielding the claim handles thousands of personal injury cases each year.  The insurance adjuster may even have access to sophisticated computer […]