Fred D. Poisson Jr.

How has COVID-19 affected personal injury insurance claims? Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC will provide a multi-part assessment on how COVID-19 has affected personal injury insurance claims based on our observations as personal injury attorneys practicing in North and South Carolina. The biggest effects have been lower offers, delays and…

Fred Poisson, Jr. Recounts his second criminal trial back in 1976. It is interesting how different things were back then… My second trial back in 1976 involved a man with a habit of drinking too much and trespassing throughout the neighborhood. I argued to the Court that Mr. H meant…

Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC’s Wilmington office packed nearly 200 pounds of snack packs for Nourish NC to distribute to children in the Wilmington area who are in need of food. Each snack pack contains a juice box, a pack of crackers, a fruit snack and a squeeze pouch. You…

Last week I was on a Zoom reception with fifty of my friends with Governor Cooper. A lot has changed in the last 44 years in the practice of law. When I first began practice in 1976 above the Fox and Lyon Drug Store at the square of Wadesboro, there…

There is usually a one-week waiting period, now there is no waiting period Applicants are entitled to an additional $600 in federal money in addition to the usual weekly amount of the benefit. Self-employed workers or independent contracts are now covered whereas usually they are not. North Carolina applicants are…

Have you been seriously injured due to the defective construction of a home or business? This is part one of a two-part blog series that will discuss the potential legal ramifications of defective construction. In this blog post, the topic is focused on physical injury and negligence law. Part 2…

Don’t tank your workers’ compensation claim by doing the wrong thing. Workplace injury claims are complex. Most people think that any injury at work is automatically covered under workers’ compensation. This is not the case, there is a lot more to it than that. The best thing to do if…

I am both happy and sad to announce that my law partner, George C. Bower, Jr. will retire this month after practicing law in Anson County over 41 years. 26 years ago, my father, Fred D. Poisson, Sr., George C. Bower, Jr. and I formed Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC…

Are You Being Harassed by Debt Collectors? North Carolina has strict laws making it unlawful for debt collectors to engage in debt harassment as a way to get debtors to pay their debts. Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC has attorneys that have experience pursuing claims against debt collectors and creditors…

Keitha Eddins joined Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC on October 22, 2018. With a background in health information management, she handles client medical record processes for personal injury and workers’ compensation cases. Where are you from? Marshville, NC How did you come to work at Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC?…