A Michigan lawyer has failed in her challenge to the requirement that she join the state bar and pay dues supporting advocacy activities with which she disagreed, the latest challenge to a mandatory state bar and its use of dues ...
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An individual may be involuntarily committed where the trial court called and examined a witness in the absence of a representative of the state, a divided panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled in a pair ...
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A teenager who was injured by a kicked ball while at school will collect $710,000 from two settlements in the case, his attorneys report. Jason Tuttle and Katie King of Everett Gaskins Hancock report that their client, David A. Miller III, ...
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The parents of a truck driver who was killed after an accident on a North Carolina interstate has negotiated a $1.75 million settlement with a tire manufacturer, the parents’ attorneys report. James A. Roberts III and Matthew D. Quinn ...
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It looks like lawyers are going to have to leave their shorts and sweatpants in their closets again. Some courtrooms, particularly in the state’s appellate courts, have been virtually vacant since COVID-19 forced the legal system to modify its processes. ...
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For one Cleveland County man who was convicted of illegally possessing a gun, time was truly of the essence. In a matter of first impression, a unanimous North Carolina Court of Appeals overturned a trial court’s judgment and ordered ...
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A pair of legal malpractice lawsuits brought against a Charlotte law firm as part of an estate planning dispute will move forward after a unanimous panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the firm was unable ...
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A motorist struck by a tractor-trailer in North Carolina has obtained a $2.1 million settlement, his attorney reports. “He saw the truck coming from behind in his rearview,” said Michael Greer of Hensley, Cloninger & Greer. “He realized that the ...
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In a year in which the legal profession faced unprecedented challenges, lawyers across North Carolina not only continued to provide access to justice for the less fortunate, but even managed to substantially increase the amount of pro bono legal services they provided, a ...
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The judgment may be more symbolic than substantive, but a Craven County jury has awarded $10.755 million to a 71-year-old woman who was injured in a head-on collision with an impaired driver, her attorney reports. Carlos Mahoney of Glenn, Mills, Fisher & ...
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