North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The defendant-county changed the zoning of a 12-acre parcel to match the zoning of an adjacent 150-acre parcel, both owned by defendant Terra Equity, Inc. Plaintiffs challenge the rezoning of the 12-acre tract as illegal spot zoning; however, only one ...

Tagged with: Real Property

An announced NASCAR rule change and defendant’s ranking of its crew members had caused plaintiff to lose his tire-carrier position before he was injured, and, once the rule went into effect, plaintiff and other employees who had held the eliminated ...

Tagged with: Workers Compensation

Even though it was plaintiff’s defendant-spouse who, through artificial insemination, was impregnated by the defendant-donor’s sperm, since plaintiff was also bound by the contract – in which the donor agreed never to file an action to establish paternity of the ...

Tagged with: Contract

There was no attorney-client relationship between the defendant-lawyer and the plaintiff-lender, but plaintiff’s claim against the lawyer – that he had notice that a satisfaction document was potentially fraudulent but nevertheless recorded the fraudulent satisfaction – is a claim of ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice

Where (1) police discovered a driver passed out at the wheel; (2) police learned that the driver’s license had been revoked; (3) police told the driver not to drive but did not take his keys or disable his vehicle; and ...

Tagged with: Tort

In a parking lot altercation, defendant shot plaintiff. After this court affirmed a judgment against defendant for battery, defendant moved for relief, asserting that his trial counsel had acted without his consent when counsel (1) entered into a consent order ...

Tagged with: Attorneys

Although plaintiff suffered a biceps tear at work while performing a task that was not included in his written job description, since that task – separating 40- to 50-pound sheets of rubber that had gotten stuck together – formed a ...

Tagged with: workers' compensation insurance

Both parties rely heavily on contentions regarding trespass as a reason for officers’ reasonable suspicion to stop defendant. As to the issue of trespass, the trial court found, “That Officer Martin and Officer Slauter testified they observed Defendant enter a ...

Tagged with: Criminal Practice

Not every domestic dispute constitutes a criminal offense. However, one that prompted a 911 call gave a deputy reasonable suspicion to stop defendant’s vehicle; defendant’s vehicle matched the description of one officers had been told to look for, and defendant ...

Tagged with: Criminal Practice

The trial court declined to instruct the jury that defendant – a judgment creditor of the victim – could not be guilty of common law robbery if she believed she was recovering her own property; however, the court did instruct ...

Tagged with: Criminal Practice