North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The city of Charlotte has paid $950,000 to the family of a college student who was killed after he was hit in a crosswalk by a police cruiser estimated to be going up to 100 mph, the family’s attorney reports. ...

Tagged with: police

  The wife and children of a North Carolina man killed after a commercial truck hit his car on a country road has confidentially settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $3 million, the family’s attorneys reported. The man was driving ...

Tagged with: Automobile Accident

  Two real estate developers have reached a $150,000 settlement with a village in Forsyth County after alleging that the village’s council unlawfully blocked a proposed development because it would have included the construction of affordable housing, their attorney reports. ...

Tagged with: Fair Housing Act

  A landowner in Charlotte has reached a $2.825 million settlement with the city of Charlotte after it took 2.2 acres of land in one of the city’s trendiest and fastest-growing neighborhoods to build a new fire station, his attorneys ...

  A motorcyclist who suffered severe injuries because of a wreck has settled a suit against the at-fault driver for $269,000 after his attorneys discovered that the defendant had an unexpected source of personal funds to draw upon. Bob Karney ...

Tagged with: Automobile Accident

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has settled with a Madison County family for $335,000 after it eliminated access to the family’s land because of a surveying mistake, an attorney for the family reports. Andrew Howell of Sigmon, Clark, Mackie, ...

Tagged with: Inverse Condemnation

  The North Carolina Department of Transportation has settled with a Union County family for $850,000, more than 20 times the DOT’s initial deposit, after it permanently eliminated direct access to one property and temporarily eliminated direct access to another, ...

Tagged with: Eminent Domain

  A North Carolina motorcyclist who suffered serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle has settled his lawsuit for $375,000 in spite of evidence that the motorcyclist had tested positive for marijuana, his attorneys report. Bob Karney of The ...

Tagged with: Automobile Accident

  The bankruptcy estates of a group of ambulance providers have settled a dispute with several former directors and officers and private equity sponsors whom the companies accused of maximizing value for themselves at the companies’ expense for $8.5 million, ...

Tagged with: Fraud

  A multi-state class action lawsuit over allegedly shoddy laminate flooring has been settled, with defendant Lumber Liquidators agreeing to pay $36 million to class members, an attorney for the plaintiffs reports. Pat Wallace of Whitfield Bryson & Mason in ...

Tagged with: Products Liability