North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Type of Action: Motor Vehicle Negligence Injuries Alleged: Soft Tissue Name of Case: Newsom vs. Robert Danny Kramer (Gieco Insurance Company) Court: 01-CVS-014152 Case No.: Wake Tried Before: Jury Name of Judge: Honorable Judge Stanback Special Damages: n/a Verdict/Settlement: verdict ...

Type of Action: Nursing Home Negligence Description: An 87-year-old male had been a resident of the defendant nursing home since 1996. In late 1999, resident began falling. During the year 2000, resident sustained more than 15 falls. In January 2001, ...

Type of Action: Civil Admiralty Action Description: Claimant lost an eye while employed by Defendant aboard Defendant’s dredge in Michigan. His eye was struck by a piece of “cutter-head” tooth which was being hammered upon, allegedly 35 feet away. Plaintiff ...

Type of Action: Stock sale, severance agreement Description: Plaintiff Walker asserted that she was fired by defendant Maceo Sloan, president of defendant NCM Capital Management Inc, the largest minority owned money management firm in the US, as a result of ...

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 ...

Tagged with: auto accident Chatham County FedEx motor vehicle

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 ...

Birth Injury — Settled Two Days Before Trial — $650,000

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 ...