North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

AP Atlantic, Inc. v. Crescent University City Venture, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 020-066-17, 15 pp.) (Louis Bledsoe III, J.) 2017 NCBC 59 Holding: Where the defendant-developer is an additional insured under the plaintiff-contractor’s commercial general liability policy, and where the ...

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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Phillips (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-091-17, 9 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Onslow County Superior Court (Benjamin Alford, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though the plaintiff-insurance company filed this declaratory judgment action, ...

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Woodson v. Allstate Ins. Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-105-17, 20 pp.) (Niemeyer, J.) No. 16-1935, May 3, 2017; USDC at Elizabeth City, N.C. (Boyle, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In a dispute over denial of homeowners’ claim under a National Flood ...

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Kaska v. Progressive Universal Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-060-17, 13 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Onslow County Superior Court (Jay Hockenbury, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though debris from a truck hit plaintiff and his motorcycle as ...

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Integon National Insurance Co. v. King (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-005-17, 12 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Forsyth County Superior Court (R. Stuart Albright, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: After an accident that injured five people, the tortfeasor’s insurer ...

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North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Hull (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-009-17, 37 pp.) (Wendy Enochs, J.) (John Tyson, J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) Appealed from Davidson County Superior Court (Mark Klass, J.) N.C. App. Holding: ...

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Spruill v. Westfield Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-233-16, 15 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Currituck County Superior Court (J.C. Cole, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Although plaintiff was not physically occupying the insured vehicle, he was helping the ...

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Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. v. Dimensions Assurance Ltd. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-175-16, 30 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 15-1801, Dec. 6, 2016; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Hazel, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A staffing agency nurse assigned to a hospital has ...

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Foster v. Wilet (Lawyers Weekly No. 004-021-16, 6 pp.) (Max Cogburn Jr., J.) 3:15-cv-00397; W.D.N.C. Holding: Both California law (where plaintiff received his auto insurance policy) and the policy itself are clear: since plaintiff’s coverage was for $100,000 and since ...

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Colony Tire Corp. v. Federal Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-034-16, 12 pp.) (Louise Flanagan, J.) 2:15-cv-00027; E.D.N.C. Holding: Two principals of a payroll service qualify as “employees” under the “crime coverage” provision of the insurance policy that defendant issued ...

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