North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A former manufacturing plant janitor who was severely burned after a machine exploded has confidentially settled a lawsuit against the plant’s owner for $9.2 million after successfully arguing that he was an employee of the temporary employment agency that gave ...

A 35-year-old man who went blind in his right eye and suffered brain injuries after a ladder fell off a work van on Interstate 40 has won a $5 million jury verdict against the vehicle’s owner, his attorneys report. Robert ...

  A motorcyclist who was severely injured after he crashed into a Jeep that made a left turn in front of him has reached a settlement with the Jeep’s driver for $1.2 million, his attorney reports. Daniel Hansen of Shumaker, ...

Tagged with: Motorcycle Accident

  A teen who was permanently and totally disabled in a car wreck while working for his family’s business has settled a workers’ compensation claim for $3.85 million, his attorney reports. Matthew Sullivan of White and Allen in Kinston represented ...

Tagged with: Workers Compensation

The widow of 65-year-old man who died in a wreck with a pizza delivery driver has settled a lawsuit for $1.3 million, her attorney reports. Matt Yelverton of Yelverton Litigators in Charleston, South Carolina reports that the victim, Raymond Russell ...

  The family of a 17-year-old girl who committed suicide while being held at the Durham County Detention Center has settled a lawsuit for $650,000 and the promise of sweeping changes designed to prevent similar deaths from occurring in the ...

  The wife of a carpenter who was killed when a roof truss system collapsed on him has confidentially settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1.05 million, her attorney reports. Jay Kerr of Asheville said that the carpenter, whose name ...

Tagged with: Wrongful Death

  Despite being out of pocket for $75,000, an 88-year-old disabled veteran was able to hold on to his valuable Morrisville property after he had agreed to sell it to a direct home buyer, his attorney reports. Paul Stam of ...

Tagged with: Real Property

  A North Carolina mother whose newborn daughter suffered severe respiratory failure and cardiac arrest after a licensed practical nurse failed to replace her breathing tube has confidentially settled a lawsuit against an unnamed medical center for $15 million, her ...

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