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Phone: 1-757-460-7776

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Online Personal Injury Resources for North Carolina and South Carolina

Our website provides a wealth of information about laws and regulations pertaining to car accidents, truck wrecks, railroad injuries, medical malpractice, brain and head injuries, wrongful deaths and many other types of injuries in North Carolina and South Carolina. We offer free client guides, a video library, blogs, and in-depth articles. Please explore our site. If you'd like to speak to an attorney about filing a personal injury claim, give us a call at (800) 752-0042.

We are also licensed in Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Florida and Washington, DC.  If you need legal assistance in another state, view our list of law firms located throughout the country.

Carolina Car & Motorcycle Accidents

Crashes Caused by Trucks

Medical Malpractice/Doctor Mistakes

Brain Damage/Head Injuries

  • Brain Injury Association of America: The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is the leading national organization serving and representing individuals, families and professionals who are touched by a life-altering, often devastating, traumatic brain injury (TBI).
  • Brain Injury Association of Maryland: Home page
  • Brain Injury Association of Virginia: Brain Injury Association of Virginia is the primary source of information and personal support for thousands of individuals, families and professionals living in Virginia whose lives have been touched by a life-altering, often devastating, brain injury.
  • Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation: The Christopher Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.
  • Spinal Cord Injury Information Network: The UAB Model SCI System conducts research to improve upon and maintain a cost-effective comprehensive service delivery system from the moment of injury across the lifespan of persons who sustain spinal cord injury. Emphasis is on collaborative clinical research to solve the medical management and acute rehabilitation problems of individuals with SCI.

Wrongful Death

Railroad Injury/FELA

All Serious Injuries

Mass Transit (Airline, Train, Bus)

Dangerous Drugs/Medical Product Recalls

Slips, Trips & Falls

General

  • American Cancer Society: Asbestos: Devoted to asbestos with detailed information on what asbestos is, links to mesothelioma and other illnesses, how people become exposed to asbestos, preventing exposure etc
  • American Cancer Society: Malignant Mesothelioma: Reference center providing an overview of asbestos/malignant mesothelioma, risk factors and prevention, symptoms, treatment options and links to information on the disease.
  • American Lung Association: Mesothelioma Fact Sheet
    Web site providing information on mesothelioma.
  • Asbestos Litigation: The American Bar Association provides information on the history of the asbestos litigation, ABA official policy on the litigation and more.
  • Burn Survivor Resource Center: This site is being offered as the premier one stop resource center to ensure professional information is made available to the burn survivor, to the many people who are searching for critical information on behalf of a loved one, to the family and to the professionals. We hope that this site will be able to assist you with valuable advice, guidance, products and support that otherwise might not be easily available to you.
  • Injury Board Directory: If you or a family member has been injured or harmed, contact a personal injury attorney today using InjuryBoard's on-line questionnaire. A personal injury lawyer will review your potential personal injury claim - free of charge. With most personal injury claims, time is critical. Contact an attorney today to protect your rights
  • Mayo Clinic: Mesothelioma: Providing links to patient medical information on asbestos-caused mesothelioma, including information on treatment, prevention and coping with the terrible disease.
  • Mesothelioma/Asbestos Cancer Information (Spectrum): This information site, Spectrum Injury Center, has helpful mesothelioma care information.
  • National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers: An organization of personal injury lawyers from around the country.
  • National Cancer Institute: Asbestos/Cancer Exposure: Questions and Answers
    Providing information on asbestos; illnesses caused by exposure, including mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer.
  • National Cancer Institute: Malignant Mesothelioma: Information about on malignant mesothelioma providing links to information on this disease, causes and treatment options, research, clinical trials etc.
  • Products Liability: An overview of products-liability law with links to key primary and secondary sources, from Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.
  • Safety and Health: Asbestos: Provided by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a branch of the US Department of Labor, on asbestos, OSHA safety standards for use of asbestos products, exposure hazards in the workplace, protecting workers from exposure, etc.
  • Slip and Fall: Slip and Fall Injuries | Property Owners' Liability Information
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Asbestos: Federal government resource on asbestos: where it occurs, where an average person may be exposed to it, the types of products it may appear in and other information on the toxic substance asbestos
  • Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys: The Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys, ARLA, is a professional association of plaintiffs' attorneys.
  • Alliance for Justice: Alliance for Justice is a national association of enviromental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations.
  • American Arbitration Association: The American Arbitration Association is available to resolve a wide range of disputes through mediation, arbitraion, elections and other out-of-control settlement procedures.
  • American Association for Justice (AAJ): The American Association for Justice (AAJ), formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) is the leading organization for lawyers representing plaintiffs in the United States.
  • American Health Lawyer Association: American Health Lawyer Association, is the nation's larges, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field.
  • Amtrak: Official site for Amtrak passenger trains featuring online reservations, ticket fare finder, trip planning resources, and the Amtrak Guest Rewards program.
  • AOL: Search engine
  • Ask.com: Search engine
  • BNSF: Offical Link to BNSF Railway.
  • Burlington Northern Santa Fe: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway operates services in the mid and western United States.
  • Canadian Pacific Railway: Canadian Pacific Railway connects the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts with the heart of North America.
  • Car Accident Lawyer Los Angeles: Car accident lawyer in Los Angeles, California. The Car Accident Lawyers specialize in car accidents, truck accidents, construction and dangerous products, slip and fall cases, and more.
  • Center for Law and Social Policy: Center for Law and Social Policy, is a non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor.
  • Center for Loss and Grief: This site is designed to help people who have lost a loved one and are struggling with grief.
  • Center for Railroad Photography and Art: A nonprofit arts organization that preserves and presents visually exciting images of railroading.
  • CN Northern America Railroad: CN North Americas Railroad Homepage.
  • Conrail: Operate Freight services across mid and eastern United States.
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission: Official Federal Agency website, including recalls, reports, alerts.
  • Cornell University: Legal information institute provides web resource in the filed of law.
  • CSX Transportation, Inc.: CSX Corporation is an international transportation company offering a variety of rail, container-shipping, intermodal, trucking and contract logistics.
  • Cyberspace World Railroad: The oldest continually running railroad site on the web!
  • Denture Cream Lawsuit: Information about denture cream lawsuit and denture cream lawsuits, including Fixodent and Poligrip, and their link to the nerve disorder neuropathy from personal injury lawyers and attorneys.
  • Department of Transportation: The Official Website of the United States Department of Transportation.
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): An independent federal agency created under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, to police a program (Equal Employment Opportunity) to eliminate discrimination in employment based on race, color, age, sex, national origin, religion, or mental or physical handicap.
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is focused on reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
  • Federal Railroad Administration: The Official homepage to the Federal Railroad Administration.
  • Fedstats: The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
  • FedWorld: FedWorld is a comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government information.
  • Fedworld: Access to thousands of US Government web sites, more than a 1/2 million US Government documents, databases and other information products.
  • Fixodent Lawsuit: Fixodent lawsuit information. Information about Fixodent lawsuits against the maker of Fixodent and other denture cream manufacturers from injury lawyers representing Fixodent zinc poisoning victims.
  • Google: Search engine
  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations: To continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care oganizations.
  • Kansas City Southern: KCS and its affiliates form the "NAFTA railway," linking mid-America, Mexico and, through interchange with Canadian National, Canada.
  • Library of Congress: The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress.
  • Long Island Railroad: Rules and Regulations · Bike Permit · Connecting Services · Accessibility · Employment · Procurement
  • Metro North: Bike Permit · Connecting Services · Getaways & Packages · Accessibility · Employment · Procurement ·
  • National Injury Prevention Foundation: general information about how to avoid personal injury
  • National Institute for Public Health (CDC): Falls from elevation hazards are present at most every jobsite, and many workers are exposed to these hazards daily. Any walking/working surface could be a potential fall hazard.
  • National Institutes of Health: (NIH)
  • National Partnership for Women and Families: For more than 30 years, the National Partnership for Women & Families has been changing the world in ways that make life better for women and families.
  • National Senior Citizens Law Center: NSCLC publishes the latest updates on a wide variety of issues and benefits affecting seniors.
  • National Transportation Saftey Board: The official goverment webiste for the NTSB.
  • New England Journal of Medicine On-Line
  • Norfolk Southern: Operating approximately 21,300 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada, Norfolk Southern serves all major eastern ports and connects with rail partners in the West and Canada, linking customers to markets around the world.
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): OSHA is the main federal agency charged with the enforcement of safety and health legislation.
  • Personal Injury Attorneys, Slip and Fall Lawyers, Wrongful Termination, Workers Compensation, Motorcycle Injury, Attorney, Lawyers: Personal Injury Lawyers and Attorneys (California and beyond) experienced in slip and fall accident, wrongful termination, workers compensation, motorcycle injury, car accident and other personal injury compensation. Find a personal injury attorney, lawyer for accident injury claim in Spanish and English.
  • Poligrip Lawsuit: Poligrip lawsuit information. Information about Poligrip lawsuits against the maker of Poligrip and other denture cream manufacturers from injury lawyers representing Poligrip zinc poisoning victims.
  • Primerus: From personal injury and medical malpractice law to securities law and every specialty in between, you can stand out from the crowd. Only Primerus offers this unique way to compete in these difficult times — while maintaining your dignity.
  • RailAmerica: RailAmerica, Inc., a leading short line and regional rail service provider with 42 short line and regional railroads, operating approximately 7,800 miles in the United States and Canada. The Company's railroads operate in 26 states and three Canadian provinces.
  • Street Law, Inc.: Street Law, Inc. is a practical, participatory education about law, democracy and human rights.
  • The Federal Judicial Center: The Federal Judicial Center is the research and educational agency of the federal judicial system.
  • The National Legal Center for the Public Interest (NLCPI): The National Legal Center for the Public Interest is a nonpartisan, educational and public service foundation concerned with issues of public policy which relate to law or the administration of justice.
  • The Virginia Workers Compensation web site.
  • THOMAS: THOMAS-Legislative information on the interent.
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • U.S. House of Representatives: Home page of the United States House of Representatives.
  • U.S. Postal Service: Get shipping rates, buy stamps, print postage, track a package, look up a ZIP Code
  • U.S. Senate: Official site of "the living symbol of our union of states." Connect with Senators, and learn about Senate committees, legislation, records, art, and history.
  • U.S. Supreme Court: Official page of the United States Supreme Court, featuring court's opinions and orders, calendar and schedules, rules, news releases and general information.
  • Union Pacific Railroad: Union Pacific is one of America's leading transportation companies, operating the largest railroad in North America.
  • USA Today
  • Virginia Government
  • Virginia Supreme Court Opinions
  • Virignia General Assembly
  • Virtual Law Library: A collection of sites presenting information on legal subjects.
  • West Coast Personal Injury Lawyers-Berman Lawyers: San Diego California based personal injury law firm. A good resource is you are seeking San Diego or Southern California personal injury lawyers to assist you.
  • White House: Whitehouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States.
  • Wisconsin Central: Company Information