North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

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 ...

Tagged with: Wrongful Death

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 ...

Tagged with: UAAA

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 ...

Tagged with: product defect

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 ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice

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 ...

Tagged with: Negligence

Former Mecklenburg County public defender Toussaint Romain has been named the new CEO for the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, an agency that provides legal representation to those who are unable to afford it.   Romain, the center’s first leader of ...

Tagged with: Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy

Judges and justices of North Carolina’s courts are sworn to be independent of partisan politics and to conduct themselves in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.   Some are saying state Supreme Court ...

Tagged with: Phil Berger Jr.

Former Mecklenburg County public defender Toussaint Romain has been named the new CEO for the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, an agency that provides legal representation to those who are unable to afford it.   Romain, the center’s first leader ...

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A full North Carolina Industrial Commission may reconsider evidence before the deputy commissioner, receive additional evidence and amend the deputy commissioner’s award where it finds “good ground” to do so, the state’s Court of Appeals has held in a case ...

Tagged with: Industrial Commission

A charging document in a juvenile action for extortion need not specifically identify the alleged victim for a trial court to have jurisdiction, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled in a matter of first impression.   In its April ...

Tagged with: Extortion