It was an ordinary day for 46-year-old Mark Schuh. The painting business owner was working alongside an employee in a custom home. He decided to take some 100-pound doors to his shop for a coat of stain, so he and his employee loaded them into a work trailer. It was…
Perhaps it was coincidence that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police were out warning pedestrians crossing streets to be careful and to obey the law. And maybe the officers were doing that because of an incident earlier that day in which a pregnant woman pushing a baby stroller was struck by a vehicle. The woman…
Recent reports indicate that North Carolina’s construction industry is on solid footing and that it can expect steady growth this year and in the near future. While that is good news for the state’s economy and construction workers, it must also be acknowledged that some of those workers will suffer…
Mother’s Day is nearly upon us. With that, we all want to get to a store and pick up gifts for the special ladies in our lives. Indeed, we all want to get in and out of shopping centers as quickly and expeditiously as we can, but in doing so,…
The next time you pass a semi-truck on the highway, you may not consider whether someone is actually driving it. After all, human beings have been behind the wheel of the largest vehicles on the road since they were introduced to American highways. Nevertheless, that may change in the near…
As regular readers of our North Carolina Law Blog know, we recently wrote about Mental Health Awareness Month. Throughout May, advocates and organizations will be working hard to raise awareness, empathy, understanding and respect for those dealing with mental health issues. As we noted in our previous post, some people…
The fallout stemming from defective Takata airbags affected a number of prominent automakers, including General Motors, BMW, Nissan and Toyota. The discovery prompted recalls of millions of vehicles and is still being felt today. Of course, no automaker wants to have a car that has an airbag that shoots shrapnel…
H.W. Heinrich was an American pioneer in the field of industrial safety. The principles he laid out in his groundbreaking 1931 book “Industrial Accident Prevention: A Scientific Approach” are still discussed and in use today. One of Heinrich’s assertions was that 88 percent of workplace accidents are caused by unsafe…
The images of a dazed and disheveled man being dragged off of a United Airlines flight will likely stay with us for quite some time. The airline came to a settlement with Dr. David Dao, the passenger who was forcibly removed to make room for United personnel. As expected, the…
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so from Charlotte to California and from Chicago to Chattanooga and beyond, organizations are doing all they can to make people aware of the need for increasing understanding and respect for those living with mental health issues. Those suffering from mental illness are not…