Attorney: Bobby D. Mills Location: Raleigh Bar membership: Member since 1985 Disciplinary action: Censured on Jan. 5 Background: Mills’ represented a couple trying to adopt a child. The biological mother indicated that she did not know the identity of the ...
Tagged with: Bar Discipline Roundup
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A stucco manufacturer that advertised a 20-year warranty may have to make good on that offer, despite a North Carolina law that generally requires any lawsuits over real property improvement to be brought within six years of the construction’s completion. ...
Tagged with: N.C. Supreme Court Statute of Repose
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A major change in the way the nation’s landmark law against housing discrimination is enforced could be on the horizon, depending on what action the U.S. Supreme Court takes in regards to a case from Dallas, Texas. As part of ...
Tagged with: Fair Housing Act U.S.Supreme Court
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A Carteret County jury has awarded $2.25 million to the family of a woman who suffered gruesome fatal injuries after being run over by a tanker truck while she was attempting to cross at a crosswalk in Atlantic Beach. The ...
Tagged with: Negligence Verdicts and Settlements
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Wake Forest School of Law has won another battle in its ongoing dispute with an unhappy former student. The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Nov. 4 upheld a trial court’s order dismissing Daniel Skinner’s defamation lawsuit against the school ...
Tagged with: defamation Wake Forest School of Law
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They’re known as P&L in the business world—profits and losses. If two companies want to set up a legal partnership, one essential requirement is an agreement to split profits. But what about losses? Do those need to be shared in ...
Tagged with: North Carolina Business Court Partnerships
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Attorney: Sybil H. Barrett Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 2003 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Oct. 17 Background: Barrett represented clients in the purchases of real property. In two cases Barrett appropriated a portion of the funds she was holding ...
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Attorneys for the survivors of an elderly couple killed by a drunk driver on St. Patrick’s Day 2013 have reached a settlement totaling $4.7 million, their attorneys report. The settlement includes $500,000 in insurance coverage and a $200,000 out-of-pocket payment ...
Tagged with: dwi Negligence
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Attorney: Scott B. Spransy Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 1993 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Oct. 13 Background: Spransy disbursed to himself, or otherwise for his own benefit, $55,879 from his client trust account out of proceeds from a settlement ...
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A costly mistake is the kind of mistake an attorney is likely to remember, and a wallop for nearly $17,000 in sanctions is pretty costly indeed. Typically such sanctions are imposed against the litigants personally, sapping much of the educational ...
Tagged with: Ethics and Professionalism
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