North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  Local workers at an eastern North Carolina farm will receive $600,000 in back wages to settle a lawsuit alleging that their employer violated federal policy when it paid foreign temporary workers a higher hourly wage than it paid them ...

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As someone who is young, black and female, Wake County District Court Judge Ashleigh Parker Dunston sees every day the biases that people harbor but think are hidden. When she was a North Carolina assistant attorney general appearing in a ...

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The legal needs of domestic violence victims can be complicated, especially if they’ve had to flee an abusive situation under extreme duress. From child custody to immigration issues, domestic violence victims have legal needs that go beyond the criminal case of their alleged abusers.

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As the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to dominate international headlines, attorneys say they are increasingly getting calls from employers inquiring about possible legal issues if their employees became infected. It turns out that a virus that originated on ...

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Each year, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly publishes our list of the largest Verdicts & Settlements of the previous year. This year, we’re publishing what might be the largest list we’ve ever compiled: There are 50 verdicts and settlements in our ...

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  For licensed professionals in North Carolina—which covers a head-to-foot swath of the state’s workers, from barbers to podiatrists—the consequences of a criminal conviction can include losing the right to practice one’s occupation. A prayer for judgment (PJC), in which ...

[Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories looking at various ways that attorneys across the state are providing pro bono legal services.] When Dan Gibson got word at the end of August that he would be ...

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  The family of a Florida man who died after saving his daughter from a burning van that had been rear-ended by a tractor-trailer will receive nearly $2.7 million from underinsured motorist insurance and a settlement with the at-fault driver’s ...

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  The widower of a woman who died after a routine dental procedure has confidentially settled a lawsuit against the dentist who performed the procedure for $1.9 million, his attorneys report. Tom Comerford and Aindrea M. Pledger of Comerford, Chilson ...

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The widow of a man who was killed after he was hit by a city of Belmont employee who was hauling utility poles has settled a lawsuit against the city for $2.7 million, her attorneys report. Ben Chesson, David Allen, ...

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