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Recent Articles from Ruth Sheehan
Jury agrees that ‘distracted driving is as dangerous as drunk driving’
A Texas jury has awarded more than $22 million to a woman injured when her car was broadsided by a station wagon driven by a Coca-Cola marketing employee talking on her cell phone.
The kidney transplant that almost wasn’t
Ashley Quiñones showed up at the Legal Aid office in Pittsboro last August in desperate need of a good lawyer – and a good kidney. In 2009, her name had been placed on the kidney transplant list and in March 2010 the procedure was approved. All that was left was Medicaid’s agreement to pay – a formality, she was certain. “Every appointment and treatment the doctors requested, all the dial[...]
The healer departs
Not everyone was thrilled when Don Carroll was chosen as the first paid director of the state’s Lawyer Assistance Program. He had a flaw: He wasn’t an alcoholic. For nearly 15 years, the assistance program essentially had been an ad hoc network of lawyers in recovery volunteering their time to help other lawyers get sober. So when Carroll applied, and was chosen, as the first real employe[...]
Top Legal News
- Cooper allows budget to become law; Medicaid will expand
- Alabama fraternity faces hazing lawsuit
- Judge handling Trump case faces tremendous pressure
- VIDEO: 5 Questions With … Jan E. Pritchett
- Conflicted Appeals Court affirms removal of Superior Court clerk
- NC transgender health case might go to high court
- Murdaugh pleads guilty to financial crimes
- Alabama redistricting case before Supreme Court
- Band leader: ‘Doing my job’ when arrested
- Court orders part of abortion referendum rewritten
- VIDEO: Counsel’s focus firmly set on reproductive rights
- Lawsuit faults Google Maps in deadly crash
Commentary
- Amotion sees resurgence after almost a decade
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Court’s term was rough on big business
- Ex-president, bar association have made their choice
- Ruling sharpens boundaries in attorney-client privilege
- Lawyers Weekly debuts new and improved web experience
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
- A roadmap to attracting, developing, retaining great associates
