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Charlotte news report: Trucker charged in I-40 crash death

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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Charlotte media recently reported on a horrific, violent crash on Interstate 40 in which a 43-year-old Conover woman died. According to reports, she was driving her Toyota 4Runner west when a tractor-trailer pulled into her lane and forced her vehicle off the road. As the Toyota went on to the…

Suburban Charlotte crash claims lives of mom, 10-year-old girl

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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If you drive west on Interstate 85 from Charlotte, in less than an hour you’ll come to the modest suburb of Kings Mountain. The town of 10,000 is today mourning the loss of two of its residents: a 35-year-old mother and her 10-year-old daughter. This past Saturday evening, the two…

Moving, moving, moving reduces workplace injuries, illnesses

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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More and more jobs in Charlotte require you to do what you’re likely doing right now: sit at a desk and read from a computer. Researchers say our increasingly sedentary lifestyle is causing us health problems that include the frequency of work-related injuries and illnesses. A recent article in a business…

NHTSA: Nearly all car crashes are due to human error

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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As winter weather has pounded North Carolina over the past couple of days, reports of weather-related car crashes have poured in. There is no doubt that some motor vehicle accidents that occur in snowy and icy weather are due to substandard road conditions. But there is also no doubt that…

Brain injuries and memory: The importance of rest and care

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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Brain injuries impact the way you feel, move and experience life. You never expected to live with this condition, but now that you do, it’s important that you have someone on your side to help you recovery and handle your legal affairs. Your attorney can help you fight for compensation…

America’s worst job?

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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They only come out at night: the sanitation crews at slaughterhouses. They descend on the factory floors with a “nightly storm of high-­pressure hoses, chemical vapors, blood, grease, and frantic deadlines, all swirling in clouds of steam around pulsing belts, blades, and blenders,” Bloomberg reports. The nightmare setting gets worse…

Looking at 2017: Waiting for Social Security Disability approval

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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More than 27 per day, more than 192 per week and more than 830 per month. That is how many Americans died last year while waiting for Social Security Disability benefits approval, news outlets have reported. The total for 2017 tops 10,000, according to Social Security records obtained by the…