North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  The estate of a man killed when his motorcycle crashed into a mowing tractor has settled its wrongful death lawsuit for $1.8 million, according to its attorneys. On Aug. 15, 2017, Joseph Baker, 66, was riding his Harley Davidson ...

Tagged with: Wrongful Death

  A first-time mother whose child suffered a “severe and irreversible” brain injury after a delayed Caesarean delivery has agreed to settle her obstetrical malpractice claim for $2 million, her attorney has reported. Many of the case’s details have been ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice

A trash collector who fell while riding on the back of a garbage truck has received a more than $1.6 million settlement, according to his attorney. John Hensley Jr. of Asheville reported that the fall in 2016 left his client ...

Tagged with: Workers Compensation

  When staff at a hotel in Boone “upgraded” a mother and her 11-year-old son to Room 225, they never mentioned that a couple had died in that same room a few weeks earlier, according to a lawsuit that has ...

Tagged with: Negligence

  A Mecklenburg County woman will be able to seek an equitable distribution of her marital assets after a jury set aside a pre-nuptial agreement she signed on the morning of her wedding, finding that the agreement was not entered ...

Tagged with: Prenuptial Agreement

  After a trial that lasted nearly two months, a Swain County jury sided with a group of plaintiff homeowners, finding that a wealthy developer is contractually obligated to complete the specific performance of completing the roads leading up to ...

Tagged with: HOA

  The North Carolina State Highway Patrol has been ordered to pay $1.25 million for the actions of a trooper who was driving more than 120 mph before his Dodge Charger smashed into a Honda Accord, killing a grandmother and ...

Tagged with: Wrongful Death

  On March 20, a plaintiff who was allegedly stiffed after providing a letter of credit for a $50 million government contract bid won what he says was rightfully his as part of the deal: more than $5 million. According ...

Tagged with: Contract Dispute

The market for real estate in downtown Raleigh is booming right now, and that helped the owner of a 0.7-acre property that was taken as part of the construction of the city’s new Union Station secure a $2.6 million settlement ...

Tagged with: Eminent Domain

  The North Carolina Department of Transportation has agreed to pay $2.5 million—almost twice the amount it originally offered—to compensate a Union County landowner for taking 23 acres of vacant land as part of the construction of the Monroe Bypass, ...

Tagged with: Eminent Domain