North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Type of Action: Negligence and abuse by a group home Description: Plaintiff suffers from cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. She entered the defendant’s group home as a participant of the CAP waiver program. While a resident, plaintiff ...

Type of Action: Medical Malpractice Description: Plaintiff had suffered an elbow injury as a result of being a baseball pitcher. He decided to have the Tommy John Procedure. During the course of the surgery, the surgeon mistook the median nerve ...

Type of Action: Medical Negligence Description: Patient was in a wreck and brought to hospital on a backboard and in a hard neck collar. ER physicians took some “static films” and removed the hard collar without “clearing the spine.” Over ...

Brief Statement of Claim: A retired 65-year old gentleman was killed instantly when a Fed Ex Ground delivery truck ran a stop sign in rural Chatham County. The deceased was survived by his wife, daughter, and two grandsons who he ...

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Brief statement of claim: Auto negligence/personal injury Principal injuries (in order of severity): Mild to moderate T9 compression fracture with resulting kyphosis/lordosis and post-traumatic arthritis Special damages: $5,200 in medical expenses Tried or settled: Tried to a jury verdict, but ...

Wake County jurors have awarded $2.25 million to a woman who faces debilitating headaches for the rest of her life as a result of an auto accident in Cary. VERDICT REPORT The June 5 verdict appears to be the largest ...

Brief statement of claim: According to the plaintiff’s allegations, the plaintiff was a 62-year-old male who went to a doctor’s office complaining of chest pain and congestion. He was diagnosed with bronchitis and sent home. He went back to the ...

Brief statement of claim: Plaintiff was pinned against a fire truck when a fireman drove a second truck away from the scene without disconnecting a fire hose connected to another fire engine. Principal injuries (in order of severity): Comminuted right ...

Brief statement of claim: This was a products liability claim for personal injury to a nine-year-old boy (now age 14) who was injured when playing with a land rocket toy (designed to travel along the ground) propelled by stomping on ...

Brief statement of claim: According to plaintiff’s counsel, this was a medical malpractice claim involving a birth injury; all other facts of the case are confidential Principal injuries (in order of severity): Birth injury Special damages: The life care plan ...