North Carolina Personal Injury Law Advocate - Developments in workers' compensation, social security disability and personal injury

State lawmakers are preparing to vote on legislation that will impact anyone who is hurt in a car accident or suffers a personal injury that is someone else’s fault. North Carolina is one of only four states that allow the doctrine of contributory negligence as a defense in auto accident and other personal injury cases. Contributory negligence is a harsh and outdated way of denying help to people hurt in accidents. Under current law, if you’re even 1 percent responsible for an accident, you CANNOT recover damages from the person who injured you, even if that person is 99... More

The N.C. General Assembly is considering important legislation that will impact anyone who is hurt in  in an automobile accident or suffers from a personal injury. We need you to call, write or email your state senators as soon as possible and tell them to support HB 813, which would change the standard in personal injury cases from contributory negligence to comparative fault. We'll be writing more about this issue in the coming days, but here's a quick primer on what's at stake, courtesy of  North Carolina Advocates for Justice. All of us expect our civil justice system to be... More