North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Type of Action: Alienation of affections and criminal conversation Injuries Alleged: n/a Name of Case: Donald Eugene Misenheimer v. James Clayton Burris and Randall Burris Court/County: Stanly County Case No.: 00 CvS 447 Tried Before: Jury Name of Judge: The ...

Type of Action: Motor vehicle negligence Description: Plaintiff Delia Hung suffered life-threatening injuries in a motor vehicle collision caused by defendant Jonathan Benson. Defendant vehicle was owned by defendant Tate Rogers, Jr. Mrs. Hung was not expected to live initially ...

Brief statement of claim: Plaintiff’s decedent, Priscilla Shell (“Penny”), was killed when a private plane in which she was traveling as a passenger crash-landed near Elk Park, North Carolina. Penny was accompanying her husband of a few months, Dr. Keith ...

Hit Curb, Lost Consciousness - Crashed Into Tree - Tetraplegia - Causation, Contrib, Seat- Belt Issues - $3.5 Million Settlement

Type of Action: Wrongful Death Injuries Alleged: Wrongful death of decedent; personal injury to two other passengers Name of Case: Withheld Court/County: Alamance Case No.: 02 CvS 1147 Tried Before: Mediation Name of Judge: Mediator—Lynn G. Gullick Special Damages: $15,884.36 ...

Brief statement of claim: Plaintiff, who was 68-years-old, suffered a stroke in 1987, causing partial paralysis of her right side. As a result of the paralysis, plaintiff resided at a nursing home where she received skilled nursing care. While a ...

Brief statement of claim: Shortly after becoming pregnant, plaintiff, a 28-year-old who was in excellent health, began her prenatal care with the defendant doctor. At 15 weeks, plaintiff experienced painless vaginal bleeding and an ultrasound was ordered. Following the ultrasound, ...

Type of action: Medical malpractice Description of case: On May 6, 1999, the 51-year-old plaintiff went to her internist with complaints of a two month history of her “eyes changing.” She described seeing squiggly lines or orange spots as well ...

Type of Action: Medical Negligence Description: Defendants insisted that if the settlement amount was reported, that certain identifying information remain confidential. Patient was 57-year-old married woman with three adult children. She went in for a heart catheterization and afterwards, when ...

Type of Action: Automobile Negligence Description: Defendants insisted that if the settlement amount was reported, that certain identifying information remain confidential. Plaintiff’s son was a first-grade student and was getting on the school bus in front of his house when ...