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		<title>Fatal overdose of insulin results in $4M jury award&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The family of a Bertie County man who suffered a fatal diabetic coma will receive a $4 million medical malpractice verdict, a Hertford County jury decided. Lawyers for John Henry Perry say that he was twice given a dangerously large dose of insulin and that a traveling nurse failed to inform either the doctor or Perry’s family when he began showing symptoms of a diabetic coma.]]></description>
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		<title>Settlement could have lasting effect on Uninsured Motorist law&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s the sort of thing that happens only on TV: An attorney finds previously undiscovered legal authority at the 11th hour and races to get it before the high court’s attention. The parties wind up settling the case on the courthouse steps the night before arguments are scheduled to begin. ]]></description>
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		<title>Insurer fails in attempt to hold son responsible for fire&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 18:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Statesville jury spent less than 30 minutes deliberating before returning a verdict in favor of a defendant in a negligence suit filed by his father’s insurance company.]]></description>
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		<title>Debt collection suit sought $4.2M, got nothing&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A North Carolina husband and wife became the first defendants to win a jury verdict involving a bank’s violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act in the state.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Jilted spouse awarded $500K for criminal conversation claim&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tammy Bryan caught her husband and his lover red-handed in a lie about their secret love affair. Luckily for her, they had told their lies in court on the witness stand. The two had to quickly backpedal their testimony, and the revelation helped Bryan win a $500,000 verdict against the woman she accused of seducing away her husband.]]></description>
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		<title>Fired worker wins $193K in racial harassment claim&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Bantz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has ordered Concord-based trucking company A.C. Widenhouse to pay a former worker nearly $200,000 in a racial harassment and discrimination lawsuit. 
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		<title>Family settles suit over deadly colostomy operation&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Bantz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The family of a 33-year-old man who died from a botched colostomy operation and substandard post-op care has settled a lawsuit against a trio of doctors and their medical practice.

An attorney for the plaintiffs, Robert E. Zaytoun of Raleigh, said this was the first case in his nearly 28 years of specializing in medical negligence that the defendants filed a pretrial public admission of liability with the court. ]]></description>
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		<title>Homebuilder dodges $3M defective construction claim&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Nimocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A defective construction claim against a homebuilder failed after a federal judge found that the plaintiffs failed to state in their contract that the builder was responsible for soil tests. U.S. District Court Judge Martin Reidinger last month entered summary judgment in favor of defendant Robbinsville Custom Molding, a general contractor facing claims of breach of contract, unfair and deceptive trade practices and fraud. The defendant’s attorney, Ervin L. Ball, said the plaintiffs sought an award of about $3 million. ]]></description>
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		<title>Undiagnosed birth condition leads to $2.25M settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://nclawyersweekly.com/2013/01/18/undiagnosed-birth-condition-leads-to-2-25m-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Nimocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A medical malpractice claim involving a child born with brain damage and cerebral palsy settled recently for $2.25 million.]]></description>
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		<title>Car crash, stroke during surgery lead to $4.5M settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://nclawyersweekly.com/2013/01/18/car-crash-stroke-during-surgery-lead-to-4-5m-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Nimocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 66-year-old plaintiff who suffered a stroke during surgery to repair car-crash injuries won a $4.5 million award in a settlement with the driver, even though the plaintiff had shown stroke-like symptoms before the accident.]]></description>
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