North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A Forsyth County law firm may continue representing the plaintiff in a suit against one of the firm’s former clients, following a May 7 decision by the Court of Appeals. And the majority of a sharply split appeals panel said ...

Social hosts who serve alcohol to underage persons may be sued by third parties when an accident linked to the drinking occurs, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled May 7. The case is Hart v. Ivey et. al. (North ...

A case handed down May 7 by the Court of Appeals represents a major extension of liability for drunk driving, and attorneys involved in the case have begun to debate the ruling and its impact. Hart v. Ivey (North Carolina ...

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly has acquired the North Carolina Law-Monitor, a bimonthly newsletter for attorneys published in Raleigh since 1985. The purchase was announced jointly by David Blackwell, publisher of Lawyers Weekly, and LawMonitor publishers Gary Pearce and Lisa Harrold ...

Suing a fictitious ‘John Doe’ in a civil action will not stop the statute of limitations from running, the Court of Appeals ruled May 7. The case is Huggard v. Wake County Hospital System, Inc. (North Carolina Lawyers Weekly No. ...

A subcontractor who never got paid for a construction job may enforce a lien against the property even though the owner has fully paid the general contractor for the project, according to a May 2 Supreme Court decision. The case ...

Three textile employees fired for refusing to work for less than the minimum wage may not sue for wrongful discharge, the Court of Appeals ruled May 7. This is so, the court said, because the employees have an alternative avenue ...

A wife’s claim for equitable distribution of marital property was dealt a death blow when her husband filed for bankruptcy, an Eastern District judge ruled April 16. The case is Perlow v. Perlow (North Carolina Lawyers Weekly No. ED0568 – ...

Two bills now in the General Assembly would affect the way judges treat marital property. One bill, SB 750, would add fault to the list of factors judges could consider in equitable distribution actions. The sponsor of the bill is ...

A bill to establish comparative fault, a tort system eagerly sought by plaintiff’s lawyers in North Carolina, has been introduced in the General Assembly and is slated for committee discussion this week. The bill, HB 984, sponsored by Rep. Harry ...