Garbage trucks may keep the community clean but create risks
Garbage trucks may keep the community clean but create risks On Behalf of O’Malley Tunstall PLLC | Nov 6, 2019 | Personal Injury It’s common knowledge that large commercial trucks pose a risk to drivers and pedestrians. Even though these vehicles are more common on major thoroughfares and highways, people respect them and understand that they need to take certain […]
Were you embarrassed after a fall in public? Don’t just walk away
On Behalf of O’Malley Tunstall PLLC | Sep 25, 2019 | Premises Liability For many people, the most immediate reaction they have to a slip-and-fall accident is embarrassment. Instead of taking the time to check for injuries or to report the accident, most simply hope that no one saw the fall and hurry on with their day. However, this is […]
North Carolina legislators want disability rights enhanced
On Behalf of O’Malley Tunstall PLLC | Aug 5, 2019 | Long-Term Disability The 29th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act was recently celebrated here in Raleigh and across the nation. “Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down,” President George H.W. Bush said at the time he signed the historic civil rights bill […]
If you have bills, family or both, you need long-term disability insurance
On Behalf of O’Malley Tunstall PLLC | Jul 12, 2019 | Long-Term Disability Look around your Raleigh neighborhood, your workplace or as you drive around on the streets. More than one out of every four adults you see will one day experience a disability that will make them unable to work for at least a full year, according to the […]
North Carolina woman injured in slip and fall in Walmart
On Behalf of O’Malley Tunstall PLLC | Jun 15, 2019 | Premises Liability If you drive about 100 miles southwest of Raleigh, you will come to Wadesboro, the Anson County seat. The modest-sized town is home to a Walmart Superstore where a North Carolina woman slipped on blueberries and fell. The injuries she sustained in the fall on her back […]
Premises liability: a brief explanation, with examples
On Behalf of O’Malley Tunstall PLLC | Apr 23, 2019 | Premises Liability If you are injured on someone else’s Raleigh property, you might be entitled to compensation by the property owner. If you are that owner, you should know that you’re responsible for maintaining your property and ensuring safe conditions so that injuries do not happen. Those are in […]
Southwest passenger prevails in premises liability lawsuit
On Behalf of O’Malley Tunstall PLLC | Apr 17, 2019 | Premises Liability Along with Delta, Frontier, American Airlines, Jet Blue and United, Southwest Airlines carries passengers to and from Raleigh-Durham International Airport every day. One of the nation’s leading low-cost carriers, Southwest Airlines recently suffered a major setback in its efforts to prevail in a premises liability lawsuit. The airline […]
Distracted driving crashes claim lives of school kids at bus stops
Distracted driving crashes claim lives of schoolkids at bus stops On Behalf of O’Malley Tunstall PLLC | Nov 5, 2018 | Firm News If you stand on a Raleigh street corner and watch drivers go by, you will see it over and over: people behind the wheel looking at phones, talking on phones and pressing buttons on phones – all […]
North Carolina Uber driver killed by drunk in head-on crash
On Behalf of O’Malley Tunstall PLLC | Aug 3, 2018 | Firm News Regular readers of our Raleigh personal injury law blog know that we have repeatedly written about the dangers of distracted driving and fatigued driving. Perhaps no form of behind-the-wheel recklessness and carelessness is greater than drunk driving, however. Every year, thousands of North Carolina motor vehicle crashes […]
Know the basics of North Carolina’s Move Over law
On Behalf of O’Malley Tunstall PLLC | Jul 25, 2018 | Firm News Have you ever been driving along and witnessed motorists whizzing by an emergency vehicle on the side of the road without slowing down or moving over? If you are a law enforcement, emergency or utility employee, you may have felt the blast of air from a passing […]
