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Can the Government Put a Price on this Life? Matthew's Story
Imagine going into the hospital for routine surgery-and leaving a paraplegic. This is exactly what happened to Matthew, a 70-year-old husband, father, and grandfather whose deteriorating condition after surgery was not reported to his doctor in time to stop permanent nerve damage and the resulting disability.
Medical Malpractice and Mandatory Arbitration: A One-Two Punch to the Injured Patient
In December 1998, James Milon, a 53-year-old independent truck driver from Louisburg, was admitted to Duke University Medical Center for what he was told would be routine prostate surgery. Instead, he suffered a "spinal cord stroke" and left the hospital paralyzed.
The Neil Anthony Story: Holding Doctors Accountable for Medical Mistakes
On May 14, 1997, Goldsboro resident Neil Anthony was in Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville awaiting surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm and remove a kidney. A 64-year-old retired Air Force electrician who served in Vietnam, Anthony was glad that his wife of 35 years, Dixie, and his five grown children and grandchildren were close by.
The Lesly Jean Story: A Quest for Truth, A Quest for Justice
At the age of 12, Lesly Jean came to the United States with his father to escape the poverty of Haiti. With the promise of democracy and freedom in the United States, Lesly was determined to make a future for himself and joined the Marine Corps at the age of 19.
Kim Clark: Sovereign Immunity Is a Barrier to Justice for Amputee
Friday, February 1, 2002 started out like any typical weekday for Kim Clark. She and her son, Scott, were on the road to Scotland High School by 6:30 a.m. As they drove along US 401 in Laurinburg, she saw a white truck out of the corner of her eye.
State v. Terence Garner: A System Gone Awry
On April 25, 1997 Keith Riddick and Kendrick Henderson robbed the Quality Finance Company in Johnston County. They committed this crime with a third person named "Terence." During the robbery "Terrence" shot Alice Wise, one of the company employees, assaulted her boss, Charles Woodard, and robbed Berth Miller, a customer.
The Ronnie Frye Story: A Total System Failure
Ronnie Frye should never have been executed. For the last six years, as Ronnie's post conviction counsel, my partner, Bill Massengale and I have told Ronnie's story to anyone who sat still long enough. If any part of the justice system had functioned as it should, Ronnie would be serving a life term in some medium security prison in rural North Carolina.
The Kellie Crabtree Story-One Client's Efforts to Change the Law
Kellie Crabtree was driving home with her 12-year-old daughter on the afternoon of November 12, 1998. They were less than two miles from home, and Kellie was starting to think about what she was going to cook for dinner.
Jared Lee Melton and the Case Against the Doctrine of Contributory Negligence
I experienced the most horrifying time of my life when my son, Jared Lee Melton, was hit by an automobile while crossing Monroe Road on his bicycle in April 2001. Jared died approximately four hours later at the Carolinas Medical Center.
Macy Messer Caps on "Pain and Suffering" Make Little of Her Losses
Macy Messer is a bright, beautiful six-year-old girl who, because of a preventable medical error, must spend her life in an electronic wheelchair, able to communicate only through a special computer screen. She will never be able to hold her head up, walk, talk, or eat solid food....
