It’s 3 a.m., and while most attorneys are either fast asleep or staring at the ceiling, wishing they were, Steven Epstein is wide awake and in front of his laptop, chipping away at his fourth book and debut novel. Amid ...
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Despite the federal government stepping in to save members of recently collapsed banks, including the Silicon Valley and Signature banks, many remain anxious and question if their money is safe in their financial institutions. They wonder, in light of the ...
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In the world’s largest pilot project testing the four-day workweek, most employers and employees agree that the reduced schedule — responsible for more sleep, less stress, and an improved personal life — is king. But that trial took place in ...
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A worker who suffered a “stroke-like episode” while working on an air filtration system in a Cherryville plant has accepted a $2 million settlement for an array of injuries suffered on the job, his attorney reports. Lauren Walker of Sumwalt ...
Tagged with: workers' compensation insurance
Read More »A man injured when he fell while working at a chicken processing plant has agreed to a $3 million settlement and a nearly $700,000 Medicare set aside, his attorneys report. Mark Sumwalt of Sumwalt Anderson Law Firm in Charlotte and ...
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By Heath Hamacher Several plaintiffs have agreed to a total settlement of more than $4.4 million in cases involving the 2014 bridge collapse at a Raleigh college that injured four construction workers and killed another. Multiple litigations were filed in ...
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A Florida-based marketing agent looking to recoup $100 million from former Duke basketball star and current NBA player Zion Williamson will receive nothing after a federal judge on July 18 disposed of all counterclaims by the defendant agent, finding that ...
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The estate of a 21-year-old mechanic killed when a cylinder containing nitrous oxide exploded has settled several claims against the defendant company for $7.5 million, its attorneys report. James Roberts III and Matthew Quinn of Lewis & Roberts in Raleigh ...
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Her attorneys report that a first-time single mother whose baby suffered catastrophic injuries because of untreated pre-eclampsia has settled her medical malpractice suit for $5.4 million. John Edwards and Mary Kathryn Kurth of Edwards Kirby in Raleigh report that their ...
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A woman who suffered permanent, debilitating brain injuries after a non-fatal drowning has settled her negligence claim for $4.1 million, her attorneys report. The plaintiff was represented by Amanda Mingo and Katie Clary of Rawls, Scheer, Clary & Mingo in ...
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