Year: 2011

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and The Brain Injury Association of America is urging everyone to “get the facts” on concussions. “A concussion is a brain injury. Period”, states the organizations website. More from the BIAA website: A concussion is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the…

Last week, we posted about the North Carolina Senate Bill 33, which is proposing to cap non-economic medical malpractice claims in North Carolina at $250,000. As a reminder, non-economic damages include pain, suffering, inconvenience, loss of consortium, physical impairment, disfigurement, and other non pecuniary damages. Most on the above list are self explanatory,…

Yesterday, Hardison & Cochran filed the first of many cases against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson. In August 2010, Depuy Orthopaedics recalled two of their hip replacement systems. The recall has been issued for approximately 93,000 defective implants after it was found that the device was…

“WCRI’s report is an unfortunate example of insurance companies and corporations seeking government subsidies by shifting their expenses to taxpayers. WCRI is funded by insurance companies and big corporations, and routinely issues reports that support ‘reforms’ that will increase their contributors’ profits.” The above quote is from North Carolina Advocates…