North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The U.S. government has taken action to bring justice to those who may have been exposed to toxic substances at Camp Lejeune during a span between 1953 and 1987 – and a Charleston-based firm is reportedly the first to file ...

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When someone recently asked Reid Phillips how law firms become centenarians, he found himself uniquely qualified to answer.   He is managing partner at Brooks Pierce, which is celebrating its 125th Anniversary this year.   In a recent Zoom interview, Phillips illustrated ...

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Several new courthouses coming online as a result of a $948 million investment by Congress in recent years are getting an aesthetic touch thanks to the federal government’s Art in Architecture program, according to a post on the USCourts.gov website.  ...

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The estate of a 21-year-old mechanic killed when a cylinder containing nitrous oxide exploded has settled several claims against the defendant company for $7.5 million, its attorneys report.  James Roberts III and Matthew Quinn of Lewis & Roberts in Raleigh ...

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Attorney Erik Syverson works hard at his job, but he is the first to admit that the research model for his Internet law and civil litigation practice doesn’t fit the shopworn image one might have for lawyerly investigation.   In fact, ...

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Her attorneys report that a first-time single mother whose baby suffered catastrophic injuries because of untreated pre-eclampsia has settled her medical malpractice suit for $5.4 million.   John Edwards and Mary Kathryn Kurth of Edwards Kirby in Raleigh report that their ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice

A Colorado woman will receive $380,000 in connection with a car accident that broke her arm.   “It was a claim of bodily injury based on the negligence of the defendant,” said attorney Gary Clemmons of Chesnutt & Clemmons.   Clemmons’ firm ...

Tagged with: personal injury

By Jason Boleman  A group of North Carolina personal injury attorneys prevailed in a consumer protection suit after the court found the plaintiffs failed to preserve the argument that the reports accessed by the attorneys were a “motor vehicle record.”  ...

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A public charter school violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when it required female students to wear skirts to school based on the view that girls are “fragile vessels” deserving of “gentle” treatment by boys, the en ...

Tagged with: equal protection

A public utility seeking to intervene in an environmental action brought by the state against The Chemours Co. waited too long to file its motion, a unanimous panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled, affirming denial.   Chemours ...

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