N.C. State Bar v. Wood (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0124, 9 pp.) (Sanford L. Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from the Disciplinary Hearing Commission. N.C. App. Click here to read the full text of the opinion. Holding: A “conviction” is the act ...
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Read More »Security Credit Corp. v. Barefoot. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-16-0006, 8 pp.) (Sanford L. Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court. (Thomas H. Lock, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: During ...
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Read More »North Carolina State Bar v. Erickson. The defendant-attorney thought from the beginning that the Dorean Group's mortgage-elimination scheme could subject him to Rule 11 sanctions, yet he began representing homeowners who had paid the Dorean . . .
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Read More »Garcia-Contreras v. Brock & Scott, PLLC. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-03-1137, 39 pp.) (L. Patrick Auld, USMJ) M.D.N.C. Holding: After the plaintiff-consumer requested verification of the debt the defendant-law firm was trying to collect from her, the law firm filed a ...
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Read More »Inland American Winston Hotels, Inc. v. Winston. An ethics professor who has no experience in commercial real estate and who has never been licensed to practice in North Carolina is not qualified to testify as to the standard of care applicable to the . . .
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Read More »North Carolina State Bar v. Sossomon. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0898, 20 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from the State Bar. N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: When the defendant-attorney represented a woman who was selling land that had been in her family ...
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Read More »Free Spirit Aviation Inc. v. Rutherford Airport Auth. (Lawyers Weekly No.10-07-0739, 19 pp.) (Martha A. Geer, J.) Appealed from Rutherford County Superior Court (Mark Powell, J.) Holding: When awarding attorney’s fees, a court may designate both a defendant and a ...
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Read More »T.A. Loving Co. v. Denton. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-02-0723, 10 pp.) (Terrence W. Boyle, J.) E.D.N.C. Holding: Where the defendant-attorney and his law firm were not signatories to plaintiff’s health-care plan, did not otherwise agree to disburse funds in accordance ...
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Read More »In re Sutton. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0644, 7 pp.) (Cheri Beasley, J.) Appealed from Pitt County Superior Court. (Russell W. Duke, J.). N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Because the trial court failed to provide an attorney the opportunity to respond to ...
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Read More »Sisk v. Transylvania Community Hospital, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-06-0569, 17 pp.) (Robert H. Edmunds Jr., J.) Appealed from Transylvania County Superior Court. (Richard L. Doughton, J.) On discretionary review from the N.C. Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: ...
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