In re Jerry’s Shell, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-06-1190, 1 p.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court (Richard Doughton, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: For the reasons stated in In ...
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Read More »Department of Transportation v. Evans (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-16-1134, 10 pp.) (Sam Ervin IV, J.) Appealed from Cumberland County Superior Court (James Gregory Bell, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Where the trial court did not simply enforce defendants’ contingency-fee contract ...
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Read More »Keyes v. Delk (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-16-1137, 20 pp.) (Douglas McCullough, J.) Appealed from Caldwell County Superior Court (James Morgan, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Plaintiff admitted that he read the 2009 subordination agreement and the 2010 satisfaction notice presented ...
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Read More »Robertson v. Steris Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-07-1070, 19 pp.) (Linda McGee, Ch. J.) Appealed from Brunswick County Superior Court (D. Jack Hooks Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: Although a panel of this court has said “that equitable remedies which ...
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Read More »Law Offices of Peter H. Priest, PLLC v. Coch (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-15-1049, 18 pp.) (James Gale, Ch. J.) 2014 NCBC 54 Holding: When the plaintiff-law firm entered into a business transaction with the defendant-clients, the firm’s owner may have ...
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Read More »Greene v. United States Department of Justice (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-02-0922, 12 pp.) (James Fox, Sr. J.) 5:14-cv-00246; E.D.N.C. Holding: Plaintiff maintains that she reasonably relied on the U.S. government to prosecute her case with due care and that the ...
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Read More »Stillwagon v. Innsbrook Golf & Marina, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-02-0875, 15 pp.) (James Dever III, Ch. J.) 2:13-cv-00018; E.D.N.C. Holding: Despite plaintiff’s contention that he had a business, rather than an attorney-client, relationship with defendants, since plaintiff provided legal ...
Read More »Red Fox Future, LLC v. Holbrooks (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-15-0874, 15 pp.) (Louis Bledsoe III, J.) 2014 NCBC 42 Holding: Even though the court granted summary judgment for defendants on plaintiffs’ fraud and unfair trade practices claims, defendants have not ...
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Read More »Safety Test & Equipment Co. v. American Safety Utility Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-15-0872, 7 pp.) (James Gale, J.) 2014 NCBC 40 Holding: The court adopts a burden-shifting analysis for determining whether an attorney-client privilege has been waived; in this ...
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Read More »Out of the Box Developers, LLC v. Doan Law, LLP (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-15-0871, 25 pp.) (James Gale, J.) 2014 NCBC 39 Holding: After finding that defendant Doan Law, LLP’s breach of contract was accompanied by sufficient aggravating factors to ...
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