By Heath Hamacher Several plaintiffs have agreed to a total settlement of more than $4.4 million in cases involving the 2014 bridge collapse at a Raleigh college that injured four construction workers and killed another. Multiple litigations were filed in ...
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A recent ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court that overturned a 90-year-old precedent could alter physician/nurse relationships in the future. The Supreme Court’s ruling, which was handed down Aug. 18, also brings into focus the changing nature of the ...
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A trial court properly concluded that it did not have personal jurisdiction over a defendant that was never properly served with service of process, a unanimous panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled, affirming dismissal of the ...
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By Jason Thomas [email protected] The North Carolina Bar Association Litigation Section recently honored Young Moore’s Walter E. Brock Jr. as the 14th recipient of The Advocate’s Award, according to a Young Moore news release. Presented as merited, and ...
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By Nick Hurston An employee who routinely received above-average performance reviews and received the highest rating possible in her last two reviews before her termination will have her discrimination case heard by a jury. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...
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A Florida-based marketing agent looking to recoup $100 million from former Duke basketball star and current NBA player Zion Williamson will receive nothing after a federal judge on July 18 disposed of all counterclaims by the defendant agent, finding that ...
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What’s in a name? For some amateur athletes, the answer may be defined in dollars and cents, thanks to court cases and legislative efforts that are fast changing the rules of the once-staid world of university athletics. Last year’s U.S. ...
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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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