Farrin Law Blog

Jan 04, 2023

What Are North Carolina Landlord-Tenant Laws on Repairs?

You are renting an apartment or a house, and you notice a dangerous problem. Maybe it is exposed wiring that could lead to fire or even electrocution. Maybe it is a loose floorboard that could...

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Jan 03, 2023

What You Should Know About Common Types of Lift Truck Accidents

Lift trucks, also known as fork lifts or powered industrial trucks, are small trucks that lift and transport loads. They are commonly used both indoors (in warehouses, shipping firms, and distribution centers) and outdoors (at...

Injured person climbing prescription bottles and reaching the edge with an unreachable step.

Jan 03, 2023

Insurance Policy Limits Not Enough to Cover Claim

What happens when a millionaire gets behind the wheel while drunk or texts while driving and hits you, but only has minimal insurance coverage that doesn’t even cover all your medical bills? It's not fair....

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Dec 21, 2022

What Is the Average Car Accident Settlement in North Carolina?

It probably won’t surprise most people that, as car accident injury attorneys, we get this question a lot. When someone is hurt in an accident, they’re in physical pain. But hiding just behind that physical...

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Nov 22, 2022

Driving High: What Marijuana Car Accident Statistics Teach Us

Recreational marijuana use is still illegal in North Carolina and South Carolina, and medical marijuana use legislation - though it had bipartisan support in both states - has stalled. While I don't have a dog...

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Nov 16, 2022

What Is a Permanent Impairment Rating? (Charts Included)

This article refers to permanent impairments in North Carolina. If you are located in South Carolina, please click here. It's bad enough that you've been hurt on the job.You want to get better...

Driver taking benadryl pills while in the car.

Nov 15, 2022

Driving After Taking Allergy Medicines

Can you? Yes. Should you? Maybe not. The answer requires a closer look at driving laws, as well as consideration of the type and amount of allergy medication taken and its impact on the driver....

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Nov 15, 2022

How to Get South Carolina Car Accident Reports (and More)

So you’ve been injured a crash, and you need a South Carolina car accident police report (some people call it a traffic collision report) to make a claim against the at-fault driver’s insurance. How do...

A bottle of cold medicine and box of pills on a white counter.

Nov 15, 2022

What Effect Might a Cold Medicine Have on a Driver?

Cold and flu season hits full stride between October and February, and though drugs and medicines continue to advance, people often ignore their side effects. Medications – old or new, over-the-counter or prescription – may...

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Nov 04, 2022

Confessions of a Highly Trained Claims Adjuster: Protecting Employers

This blog is part of a multi-part series resulting from an interview with a former insurance adjuster. While we cannot reveal that person’s identity, we can share his perspective. Information that might compromise his identity...