If you face criminal charges, you must understand the full scope of a conviction. Financial penalties or jail time will be devastating enough, yet some of the consequences will last much longer. A conviction will impinge on several civil rights, aside from your right...
Charlotte Legal Blog
Types of damages in a personal injury claim
Personal injury claims are designed to help you recover compensation for injuries and losses you incur due to another person or entity's negligence or wrongful act. If you are a victim of this type of accident, you may wonder what type of damages you can recover....
Long shifts lead to commercial drivers doing dangerous things
Almost everything that you buy at local retail shops comes off of the back of commercial vehicles. Truckers help keep the economy running by offering over-land transportation for everything from unprocessed milk to new vehicles fresh from the manufacturer. The demands...
Speed differences lead to accidents
You often hear people say that speeding leads to car accidents, and they're not wrong. Studies repeatedly show that a lot of accidents have speeding as a contributing factor. When someone chooses to drive aggressively and breaks the speed limit, they really disrupt...
What is mistaken identity? How to prove it in a criminal case?
It is not unusual to be accused of a crime you did not commit. If this happens, the worst mistake you can make is to assume that you do not have to do anything about the accusation since you did not commit the offense after all. Mistaken identity happens when a crime...
Were you at fault for your workplace accident?
If you cause or partly contribute to a workplace accident where you suffered injuries, you may be at a loss regarding your eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits. In the face of substantial medical bills or potential loss of wages, your concerns are...
Why you need medical care after a dog bite
Walking through the neighborhood, you are enjoying the sunshine. You see an unleashed dog walking down the street with its owner, who is your neighbor. When the dog sees you, it growls and charges at you. Before you can run to safety, the dog jumps and clamps its...
What is employment discrimination?
When your employer treats you differently from other employees in the business, you might feel singled out. You want to speak up — but at the same time, you don’t want to lose your job. Your employer’s treatment is against the law. You may fall into one of several...
Working in cold weather? Remember these 3 things
No matter what time of year it is, residents of North Carolina know that storms are a common part of life. Whether you’re facing a winter storm, downpour or remnants of a hurricane, it’s tough to be safe when the weather takes a turn for the worse. If you’re at work...
How many employees steal from work?
When you think of major theft from a business, you probably consider things like embezzlement. This may happen when an accountant doctors the books to hide the fact that they took tens of thousands of dollars from the company. It is a large-scale crime, and while it...