A 67-year-old man who suffered a serious spinal cord injury after his bicycle was struck by a driver who ran through a stop sign has reached a $1 million confidential settlement, attorneys for the victim report. Tom Comerford and John ...
Tagged with: personal injury
Read More »A 53 year-old man who was driving through an intersection when he was hit on the driver’s side by a tractor-trailer that ran a red light has reached a confidential settlement with a present value of $3.75 million, the plaintiff’s ...
Tagged with: personal injury
Read More »This story originally appeared in the Aug. 8, 2016 issue of NCLW. The family of a 43-year-old woman who was killed when the driver of a plumbing company truck crossed the center line and hit her car head-on has ...
Tagged with: Wrongful Death
Read More »The estate of a person killed in a motor vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer has settled a wrongful death claim for $2.5 million, attorneys for the plaintiff report. Pursuant to a confidentiality clause, most of the case’s details have been ...
Tagged with: Wrongful Death
Read More »In this issue, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly presents its annual compilation of million-dollar verdicts and settlements. The survey highlights 38 verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more that were submitted to our editors, or were discovered by our reporters, ...
Tagged with: largest verdicts
Read More »Allowing a woozy patient to get behind the wheel has cost an insurer for a dental practice $480,000, according to Durham attorney William Mills. Mills of Glenn, Mills, Fisher & Mahoney said the dentist in question gave the plaintiff anti-anxiety ...
Tagged with: Dental Malpractice
Read More »1. Plaintiff wins $9M verdict against N&O A former state firearms examiner was awarded a $9 million libel verdict against The News & Observer and one of its reporters. The 2010 article at the heart of the matter ...
Tagged with: top verdicts
Read More »The estate of a former police officer who was killed when a tractor-trailer truck overturned and fell on his patrol car has reached a $5.35 million confidential pre-suit settlement with multiple parties, including the owner of the chassis the truck ...
Tagged with: police
Read More »A Catawba County jury has awarded $600,000 to a man who suffered injuries after doctors severed the wrong abdominal duct while removing his gall bladder in 2011. Attorney Mark Melrose of Asheville said his client Jerry Wayne Roberts checked into ...
Tagged with: Medical Negligence
Read More »The North Carolina Business Court has approved a “disclosure-based” settlement agreement resolving a shareholder lawsuit stemming from the merger of NewBridge Bancorp and Navy Merger Sub Corp. The settlement agreement awards $135,000 to the plaintiffs for attorneys’ fees, as well ...
Tagged with: North Carolina Business Court
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