By Phillip Bantz
Published: March 15,2013
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.
By Phillip Bantz
Published: March 1,2013
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.
By Amber Nimocks
Published: February 15,2013
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.
By Amber Nimocks
Published: January 18,2013
A medical malpractice claim involving a child born with brain damage and cerebral palsy settled recently for $2.25 million.
By Amber Nimocks
Published: January 18,2013
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.
By David Donovan
Published: January 4,2013
When Waverly Partners, a Charlotte-based executive headhunting firm, reached out to attorney Shawn Smith about a position it was trying to fill, she says she warned them that her job would be in jeopardy if her supervisors found out she was interviewing for other jobs.
By Amber Nimocks
Published: December 7,2012
A federal court jury found that furniture retailer Bassett should pay more than $1.4 million for using unfair and deceptive trade practices to bully a vendor out of the supply chain.
By Phillip Bantz
Published: November 21,2012
A family in Wake County has settled a string of condemnation actions with the N.C. Department of Transportation for a total of $10.3 million – about $6 million more than they were initially offered for the land.
By Amber Nimocks
Published: November 16,2012
Jurors like to know who’s getting what when assessing an award for a wrongful death claim, and in North Carolina those who die without leaving dependents behind sometimes create complicated deliberations.
By Phillip Bantz
Published: November 11,2012
What began as a seemingly minor conflict between a nonprofit group of fisherman and a former member has escalated from a sophisticated cyber cat-and-mouse game to a criminal complaint and, finally, a protracted federal lawsuit.
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Applewood Properties, LLC v. New South Properties, LLC Because the county Natural Resources Department never found the defendant-contractor to be in violation of any law, rule, order or erosion and sedimentation and control plan, plaintiff did not have standing to bring a civil action under the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act to seek redress for its injuries.
North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Cully’s Motorcross Park, Inc. Even though defendant Volpe would probably never have been charged with obtaining property by false pretenses if the plaintiff-insurance company’s investigator had not told a police sergeant the results of his investigation, we reject this “but for” standard as the method for proving the initiation element of malicious prosecution.
Bridges v. Parrish We reject plaintiff’s claim that defendants are liable for failing to secure their gun, thereby allowing their 52-year-old son to gain access to the gun and shoot plaintiff with it.
