North Carolina wrongful death, injury and insurance attorney Thomas Waitt Pleasant helps people who have been hurt or killed by the negligence or wrongdoing of others, including those hurt in nursing homes (nursing home abuse and neglect) and hospitals; and those hurt by doctors, nurses, surgeons and other health care providers, throughout North Carolina. Mr. Pleasant also helps people with insurance claim problems including unfair insurance claim practices and bad faith claims adjusting in all areas of North Carolina. If you are hurt, or if your insurance claim has been denied by the insurance company, Thomas Waitt Pleasant can help. www.pleasantlaw.com.

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Thomas Waitt Pleasant: North Carolina Injury, Insurance and Wrongful Death Attorney

North Carolina wrongful death, injury and insurance law attorney Thomas Waitt Pleasant helps people with medical negligence and mistakes, nursing home abuse and neglect, and other cases where people have been hurt or killed by the negligence or wrongdoing of others.


Accountability is important. It leads to increased care and responsibility. It leads to change. It makes medicine and health care safer. It makes dealing with insurance companies fair.  Many doctors, nurses, and nursing homes do heroic things. We admire them for their care, skill and education. There are insurance companies who serve a critical function in our social and economic systems. In some cases, though, people get hurt, or treated in a grossly unfair way. Many times, the hurt could have been easily avoided. Many times, unfortunately, the hurt is clearly due to systemic and widespread problems that are the result of blind devotion to profits over people.

Juries solve this problem. Through their power, they decide what is right and fair and just. They hold wrongdoers accountable. They are important.

I work for those who have been injured (physically, emotionally, or financially) by the wrongdoing of others. I am committed to my clients' personal injury and wrongful death cases, whether they arise from insurance company claim disputes, automobile/trucking accidents, nursing home abuse/neglect, medical negligene and errors, or other accidents; and I am willing to take those cases to trial, if necessary and appropriate to achieve a fair result. I am "Peer Review Rated" by Martindale-Hubbell, and provide personal and intense attention to my clients' matters. Whether an insurance law dispute, injury or death resulting from nursing home abuse, medical error, surgery error, failure to diagnose, an automobile accident or crash, or any other kind of personal injury; I will do my best to help.

Key Practice Areas

Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect

Physical abuse is rampant in American nursing homes. About 2500 cases of physical abuse by nursing home staff are being reported each year. Battery is the most obvious type of physical abuse, but this crime can also include putting the patient in excessive restraints or physically confining residents for no valid reason. It is surprising to some that physical abuse in nursing homes is easily hidden. Very often, nursing home staffs will explain away injuries by claiming a victim has fallen – not an uncommon occurrence among elderly people. Even if they are explained, frequent bruises, cuts, sprains or factures could be a sign of abuse. And it is important to know that sometimes a nursing home resident will concur with the staffs’ explanation of an injury simply because they have been intimidated into doing so.

There are many reasons cited for this epidemic of physical abuse in nursing homes. The National Center on Elder Abuse says that the hiring of poorly trained and underpaid workers, together with rampant understaffing, is partly to blame for nursing home abuse. Only 41 states require that nursing home workers undergo criminal background checks, and the poor pay often leads nursing homes to hire staff with unsavory histories. Understaffing can also take a toll on workers, causing them to lose patience with difficult residents. But whatever the cause, any form of nursing abuse is inexcusable and should not be tolerated.

Physical abuse in a nursing home robs already vulnerable people of their sense of security and turns their last years into a nightmare. If someone you love has been subjected to physical abuse in a nursing home they may be entitled to compensation. Please fill out the form at the right for a free case review by an attorney.

Medical Negligence, Mistakes and Malpractice

North Carolina lawyer/attorney Thomas Waitt Pleasant helps people who have been hurt by the errors and mistakes of hospitals, doctors, physicians, nurses and other health care providers. If you have a medical malpractice or medical negligence case, attorney Pleasant can help you anywhere in North Carolina, including Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, or other areas.

Personal Injury & Wrongful Death

If you have been injured in an accident, or by a dangerous or defective product, call Thomas Pleasant for an evaluation of your personal injury case. If you have been injured through no fault of your own, you are entitled to compensation. If you are having problems getting a fair settlement from the insurance company for your injuries, including your pain and suffering, and medical bills, Thomas Pleasant can help. Contact The Law Offices of Thomas Waitt Pleasant, PLLC, before you speak with an insurance company representative, or sign anything.

Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices

The North Carolina General Statutes provide clear standards for insurance company behavior, providing you with protection from unfair claims handling. If you feel your insurance company is unfairly or wrongly denying or delaying your claim, you might have an unfair claims practices insurance claim, and Thomas Waitt Pleasant might be able to help you get what you deserve.

Insurance companies play a numbers game. Figuring that only a small percentage of people will dispute the insurers’ decisions, they often deny valid claims or offer smaller settlements that what is fairly warranted. These unfair insurance practices are illegal in North Carolina, but you’ll need an attorney to prove your case. Attorney Thomas Waitt Pleasant handles insurance claims. Contact Thomas Pleasant today for a free consultation.

On Your Side

As a plaintiff’s attorney, Thomas Pleasant works on the side of people just like you, people who are fighting insurance and other large and companies for the compensation and justice they deserve. Whether your own insurance company, or the insurance company of a negligent driver or company, you might find yourself “outgunned” and with nowhere to turn. Insurance companies have their adjusters and attorneys scrutinizing your claim, and in some cases doing everything possible to deny or reduce your claim. Thomas Pleasant's first job as a lawyer was at a firm that represented insurers, so he is familiar with insurance company tactics for avoiding paying your claim when you’re injured, disabled, or have suffered a financial loss.

One reason Thomas Pleasant started his own firm as an insurance/personal injury attorney was because he didn’t like what he witnessed on the insurers’ side. He saw the arsenal with which these huge companies attack or just ignore legitimate claims filed by ordinary people for emotional, physical, and financial injury. He saw them decide to force people to bring lawsuits for their claims, in some cases for no reason other than to discourage plaintiffs and their attorneys from pursuing their claims. He saw them do this even when the injuries were clearly covered: cases of clear medical disabilities covered by a policy; cases where injuries were obviously caused by accidents, or others’ negligence. That experience left him with a bad taste. The Law Offices of Thomas Waitt Pleasant, PLLC, takes no insurance company clients.

One-on-One Compassionate Approach

Thomas Pleasant understands the uncertainty with which you’re facing the future. Will you have enough money to pay for ongoing medical care? Will you recover the expenses you’ve incurred so far? How long can you continue to cover your rent or mortgage? Will you be able to support your family or send your kids to college?

In fighting for your rights, your case won’t just be handed off to a junior associate or a paralegal assistant. Thomas Pleasant will have in-depth, personal involvement in your case, from beginning to end, so that he can represent you as an individual. Such personal, one-on-one involvement with you will increase the changes of the best possible outcome for you —the money you need for financial and emotional security.

Help in Fayetteville and Throughout North Carolina

Thomas Pleasant's law office is in Fayetteville, but he works throughout much of the Southeastern and Piedmont regions of North Carolina, including Cumberland County, Hoke County, Robeson County, Scotland County, New Hanover County, Sampson County, Harnett County, and Johnston County as well as the cities of Raeford, Lumberton, Laurinburg, Wilmington, Clinton, Lillington, Dunn, and Smithfield.

Thomas Waitt Pleasant: Responsive Legal Help When You Need It Most

If you, a family member, or a friend needs responsive legal services to pursue a claim to which you’re entitled, please contact The Law Offices of Thomas Waitt Pleasant, PLLC as soon as possible. I provide free consultations in many cases, and legal fees are most often on a contingency basis. That means there are no attorney fees unless you recover.

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North Carolina wrongful death, injury and insurance law attorney Thomas Waitt Pleasant helps people with medical negligence and mistakes, nursing home abuse and neglect, and other cases where people have been hurt or killed by the negligence or wrongdoing of others.
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