Car Accidents
If you were hurt in a car accident in North Carolina, you might be wondering how to pay your medical bills and other expenses. If someone else was responsible for causing the crash, they are also responsible for compensating you for your injuries and losses. Among other things, you may be entitled to compensation for…
Auto insurance follows the car in North Carolina. If a vehicle owner lends the car to someone who causes an accident, the owner’s car insurance covers the injured party’s compensation. However, this isn’t the case if someone takes the car without permission and causes a wreck. ContentsWhat Happens If My Friend Borrows My Car Without…
Almost nothing is more frightening than spending a night out with friends and then seeing red and blue flashing lights in your rearview mirror as you head home. Drunk driving charges can ruin your life and your reputation. How can you move forward when you have a criminal offense on your record? Is there any…
After a car crash, you may have the right to recover compensation for the “pain and suffering” you experienced due to the accident. Insurance companies and juries use various methods to calculate pain and suffering. Pain and suffering is a very general term used to describe all compensation you are entitled to recover other than economic…
North Carolina laws prohibit operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Under North Carolina law, drunk driving is considered gross negligence. This means that a person injured in an accident involving a drunk driver may pursue compensation from them even if the victim is partly to blame for the collision. …
After a car accident, your car may spend days or even weeks in the shop being repaired. This may leave you without a vehicle to get to work or school or to run errands. However, if you decide to get a rental car to have a means of transportation, can you be reimbursed for the…
You only have a limited amount of time to seek compensation if you have been injured in a traffic collision in North Carolina. The statute of limitations allows three years from the date of the car crash to file a lawsuit if you were injured by another driver’s negligence. If you don’t act within the…
Laws of physics are exactly the same in North Carolina as they are in San Francisco, Tokyo, Paris and every other place on the planet. Those laws go into action every time two cars collide. The results of each collision are determined by a wide variety of factors such as speed, point of contact, directions…
The state of North Carolina has several public health programs aimed at improving driver safety. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, or NCDHHS, runs these programs for the public. One such program that helps increase drivers’ awareness of the dangers of drunk driving and how it can lead to crashes, serious injuries…
If you regularly encounter rude drivers who speed and swerve between lanes to avoid the next red light, you are not alone. Countless other drivers in North Carolina find it annoying, as well as frightening, to deal with aggressive drivers on a daily basis. You may also feel inclined to react to a rude driver…
