North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Night Club Patron Shot -- Owner Knew Customers Parked In Nearby Field -- Claimed Not Part Of Premises -- Security Patrol -- $500,000 Settlement

Inebriated Driver Crossed Center Line -- Struck Plaintiff's Car Head-On -- Spinal Fracture -- $140,000 Arbitration Award

Passenger Killed When Car Crossed Line -- Oncoming Fire Truck -- Driver Intoxicated, Also Died -- $225,000 Confidential Settlement

Truck Passenger Injured -- DWI Defendant Tried To Pass On Right -- Clipped Wheel Bumper -- Left Scene -- Cervical Strain -- $25,000 Punitives, $1,500 Compensatory

Logging Truck Ran Red Light -- Struck Pick-Up -- Driver Suffered Vertebra Fracture -- Liability Admitted -- $70,000 Settlement

Logging Truck Ran Red Light -- Struck Pick-Up -- Passenger Suffered Fractured Pelvis -- Liability Admitted -- $80,000 Settlement

Defendant Ran Stop Sign -- 62-Year-Old Plaintiff Suffered Chest Strain, Stress Disorder -- Missed Substitute Teaching Opportunity -- $90,000 Award

False Arrest, Assault, Negligence -- Wal-Mart Shopper Detained -- Brought Own Flashlight To Get Batteries -- Detained -- Told Charged With Shoplifting -- Pepper Spray -- $25,000 Compensatory Damages -- $100,000 Punitives

Personal Injury -- Five Percent Back Disability -- $100,000 Award

Pharmacy Error -- Prednisone Prescribed -- Dispensed Sedative -- Properly Labeled -- Three-Day Hospitalization -- Loss Of Consciousness, Trauma -- No Permanent Injury -- $50,000 Settlement