North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff//August 28, 2025//
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff//August 28, 2025//
Action: Settlement
Date: June 10, 2025
Date of incident: Aug. 16, 2024
Nature of claim: Wrongful death
Amount: $3 million
Special or other damages: Economic damages of less than $25,000
Case name: Estate of Gendron v. Rigby and Country Boy Landscaping
Court: Iredell County Superior Court
Mediator: Walter Burton of Burton Law Firm, Oak Ridge
Attorneys: R. Michael Chandler, of Chandler Volta Personal Injury Lawyers, Charlotte, and Michael J. Greene, of Goodman Carr Laughrun Greene & Heroy, Charlotte (for the plaintiff); Jeffery Bolster, Bolster Rogers, Charlotte (for the defendant)
Insurance carrier: Auto-Owners Insurance
Plaintiff, a 21-year-old college student, died when her vehicle was struck by a landscaping truck that swerved off the road to avoid striking another vehicle in the rear. Her died on impact, and there was no evidence of conscious pain and suffering.