On December 15, Shipman & Wright, together with the Sparks Law Firm of Spartunburg, SC, settled premises liability case for the sum of $3.1 million in which their client was totally paralyzed as the result of a fall from a deck at a home located in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. The case was filed in Brunswick [...]

Eighteen year old entrepreneur Jimmy Winkelman has ruffled the feathers of The North Face Apparel Corporation. Winkelman’s idea to parody the North Face brand by creating his own brand “The South Butt” has threatened North Face so much that they have filed a lawsuit against the company “The South Butt”. The South Butt logo has [...]

Gary Shipman, managing partner, procures $300K in angel financing for bio-tech Trana Discovery and joins boardTrana Discovery, Inc., an infectious disease drug discovery technology company, today announced the completion of its Series A round of funding. To date, the company has raised $720,000 in angel funding to commercialize technology that helps to discover new drugs [...]

It is always good to be up-to-date with your current events. Sometimes it might directly affect you and your family’s health. Specifically between September 2008 and December 2009 over 700,000 Dayquil packages were produced with out a child safety precautions and warnings. According to CNN.com the packages lack the statement, “This package for households without [...]

A doctor’s negligent actions or failure to timely diagnose any health problem can result in the worst of outcomes. Unfortunately for one woman, her outcome was suffering a massive stoke leading to severe brain damage. If the doctor would have correctly read the MRI, they would have seen the need for immediate surgical treatment.To read [...]

With recent cases surfacing it is believed that the over-the-counter drug St. John’s wort is linked with many damages including the onset of premature cataracts and possibly macular degeneration. The potential safety issue of St. John’s wort has people in the medical community as well as the legal community alarmed.  We would like to take action [...]

Hendrick Automotive Group: Our attorneys are currently involved in a case pending in the Superior Court Division of Union County, North Carolina, File No. 04-CVS-2301, in which it is alleged that Hendrick is a tightly integrated chain of dealerships, owned, operated, controlled and managed through Hendrick Automotive Group and Hendrick Management Corporation (now known as [...]

Zhu Zhu Pets are the hot item this holiday season.  However, some safety experts warn that “Mr. Squiggles”, the stuffed hamster look-alike contains unsafe levels of tin and antimony.  These findings are potentially harmful to the immune and nervous systems. CBS, a consumer safety group, discovered the intense levels of both leads and encourages consumers [...]

There is a thought that antibiotics are being over-prescribed, and as a result, our bodies are building up a tolerance to these powerful drugs. So what is the answer? Well, the pharmaceutical industry develops newer medications that are even more powerful. Unfortunately, as the number of prescriptions for antibiotics continues to increase, and the medications [...]

Smokers seem to have two things in common, their addiction to cigarettes and the fact that they all seem to be “trying to quit.” Quitting cold turkey is not the most appealing technique to kick the habit, especially when smokers are provided with other “drugs” that will help them quit their addiction (sounds like a [...]