In October 2016, the plaintiff was a guest on a Raleigh based party bus, celebrating a friend's birthday traveling from Raleigh to Durham, and back. According to the plaintiff’s attorney Mark Gray II, on the group's drive back to Raleigh, ...
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Injuries caused by a vehicle accident have resulted in a $6.2 million settlement. In 2018 the plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by another motorist. The plaintiff was hospitalized for several weeks and had to undergo extensive ...
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A teenager who was struck with a stray bullet and paralyzed has reached a $7.5 million settlement. The plaintiff – who was 13 at the time – was visiting friends, when she was shot in their apartment complex parking lot. ...
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In 2021, employment law attorney Taylor Dewberry was named Smith Anderson's first chief diversity officer. Her practice focuses on employment-related counseling and defending employers against claims involving discrimination, wrongful discharge, retaliation, harassment, and civil rights claims. After graduating with honors ...
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On Sept. 12, 2022, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety paid $1.4 million to the estate of Geoffrey Howe, a maintenance mechanic at Pasquotank Correctional Institution who was killed by four inmates during an attempted prison break. Howe’s ...
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On Nov. 2, 2022, attorneys Kevin Stoops, Jason Thompson and Jesse Young secured a nearly $10 million settlement for 2,574 hourly managers across the nation employed by home improvement giant, Lowe’s Home Centers LLC. The managers alleged the company ...
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On Aug. 4, 2021, the defendant was driving a commercial dump truck on Moores Chapel Road in Mecklenburg County, N.C. According to plaintiff attorney Mark S. Jetton Jr., the defendants dump truck veered off the right side of the road and ...
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In 2016, in Anderson County, S.C., an eyewitness to murder and attempted murder was preparing to take the stand for The State of South Carolina vs. Robert Frost. According to attorney Chelsey Hucker, the witness was incredibly anxious and unsure ...
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Patrick Mincey enjoyed his time doing heavy duty criminal law work, a period which included death penalty cases and those involving major stints in prison. “It is an awesome responsibility to stand up at the defense table and represent individuals ...
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By Nick Hurston BTM Wire Services The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has applied the private sector “materially adverse” standard for retaliatory conduct to reverse the dismissal of a federal employee’s race-based retaliation and harassment claims under Title VII. ...
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North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
