North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A college student who was raped by a man who had intruded into her off-campus sorority house has confidentially settled a lawsuit with the home’s property manager for $2.5 million, her attorneys report. David Kirby and Bill Bystrynski of Edwards ...

Tagged with: Negligence

  A North Carolina hospital will pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a blind man who alleged that the hospital violated the American with Disabilities Act by refusing to send him his medical bills in Braille, his attorneys ...

Tagged with: ADA

 An elderly man who suffered brain injuries after he fell into an open service pit at an auto repair shop has confidentially settled a claim against the shop franchisor and its franchisee for $1.8 million, his attorneys report. Justin Osborn ...

Tagged with: OSHA Violations

The family of a man who died after the pickup truck he was riding in was hit head-on by the driver of another pickup truck has confidentially settled a pre-lawsuit claim against the at-fault driver for $1.75 million, the family’s ...

Tagged with: motor vehicle crash

  The stilling of the American economy in response to COVID-19 might have been expected to drive legions of businesses and families into bankruptcy; a vaccine-aided economic recovery in 2021 might have been expected to keep them out of it. ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy

  While North Carolina court operations have resumed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, courthouses across the state continue to battle the threat and are having to cancel court sessions for days and even a week at a time.  ...

Tagged with: coronavirus

  The neighbors of a Bladen County hog farm have reportedly reached a deal with the company that owns the farm after the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict holding the owners liable for compensatory and punitive ...

Tagged with: hog farm

  A medical equipment maker that accuses its former distributor of selling its products under the name of the distributor’s own in-house label can move forward with a claim for “reverse passing-off,” a North Carolina Business Court judge has ruled—the ...

Tagged with: reverse passing off

  In a case with implications for the enforceability of arbitration agreements, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of a motion to compel arbitration after a debt buyer failed to demonstrate that it had also obtained ...

Tagged with: Arbitration

  A woman whose hands and legs were amputated after she was incorrectly administered a drug used to treat septic shock has confidentially settled a claim against the treating medical center for $7 million, her attorneys report. Troy Stafford of ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice