North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

An Eastern North Carolina man who suffered serious injuries in a head-on collision with a commercial truck has agreed to a $3 million confidential pre-suit settlement, the man’s attorneys report. Jay Ferguson and Philip Mullins of Thomas, Ferguson & Mullins ...

Tagged with: personal injury

During the second pre-suit mediation of a negligence case involving a man struck and killed by a bus as he was walking into work, all parties have agreed to a $1 million settlement, attorneys for the man’s estate report. Most ...

Tagged with: Negligence

On Aug. 9, a Wilson County jury awarded $2 million to the estate of a 70-year-old man killed last year when another vehicle crossed the centerline and crashed head-on into the small truck in which he was a passenger. Johnny ...

Tagged with: Wrongful Death

An 85-year-old woman who tumbled from a weathered rocking chair outside a rehabilitation facility has received a $200,000 settlement for her injuries, according to her attorneys. Margaret Robinson alleged in her complaint filed in Wake County that the facility had ...

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A Wake County jury has awarded $400,000 to the owner of a rural real estate company who was injured in a car crash, despite the defense’s use of Facebook photos to contend that his injuries were minimal. “We fully owned ...

Tagged with: Auto Negligence

A 28-year-old Marine veteran who suffered paralysis from the waist down after emergency room doctors failed to diagnose an infection that was compressing the nerves along his spine has reached a $2.25 million confidential settlement, his attorney reports. Darren Dawson ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice

From the balconies of Bloomsbury Estates, seven floors of luxury apartments in the Boylan Heights section of Raleigh, residents have a commanding view overlooking the construction of Union Station, the new regional transportation hub due to be completed next year. ...

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A husband and wife who were struck by a car while leaving the Marine Corps Ball in New Bern last November have reached pre-trial settlements totaling $590,000, the attorney for the family reports. Gary Clemmons of Chesnutt Clemmons & Peacock ...

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More than 140 health care workers who lost their jobs when the Yadkin Valley Hospital closed two years ago have reached a more than $1 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

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A motorcyclist who was left permanently confined to a wheelchair after a collision with a tractor trailer has reached a $7,000,000 confidential settlement with the defendants, an attorney for the plaintiff reports. The settlement came as the two sides were ...

Tagged with: personal injury