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NC Largest Verdicts & Settlements 2017
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, over the past year. Causes of action, as usual, run the gamut. The city of […]
Woozy patient drove away, dentist settles wreck claim for $480K
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 medication lorazepam, because he was nervous about having dental work done. But the dentist failed […]
Top verdicts of 2016
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 was critical of the work of State Bureau of Investigation Agent Beth Desmond. Among other […]
Officer’s estate secures $5.35M settlement from crash
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 was pulling, attorneys for the officer’s estate report. David Kirby and Bill Bystrynski of Edwards […]
Surgery mishap results in $600K verdict
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 the Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory on Jan. 11, 2011, so he could undergo […]
Shareholders reach $160K settlement in challenge to bank merger
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 as an additional $25,462 for expenses. A class of shareholders filed the lawsuit after the […]
Decedent’s estate awarded $6.13M after fatal heart attack
The estate of a man who suffered a massive heart attack just hours after being sent home from the hospital after complaining of chest pains and tingling in his arms has been awarded more than $6 million, according to one of his attorneys. Jon Moore of Brown Moore & Associates in Charlotte was one of […]
Bank hit for $1.15M for lack of fair dealing
A Mecklenburg County judge has awarded $1.15 million to the former landlords of a commercial property in Charlotte. The court found that Capital Bank had violated its obligation of good faith and fair dealing by misleading the landlords into believing the note on the property would be extended once the tenants renewed their lease, and […]
Excessive force claim leads to $50K settlement
Two men who accused the city of Raleigh and several police officers of unlawful arrest and excessive force have settled the case for $50,000, one of their attorneys has reported. The men, Isaac Horton and Omeze Nwankwo, sued last year, alleging civil rights violations after being arrested outside of nightclub Noir on July 11, 2014. […]
Plaintiff wins $9M verdict against N&O
The former state firearms examiner who won a stunning $9 million libel verdict against The News & Observer and one of its reporters has asked a judge to award her nearly $60,000 in costs along with interest on the award. Beth Desmond’s attorney, James Johnson of DeMent Askew in Raleigh, said in an interview after […]
Defense scores win in challenge to $1 million estate
A Surry County Superior Court has rejected a challenge to the last will and testament representing a $1 million estate led by a man who claimed his deceased brother was incapable of making the will. The court granted summary judgment to the family friend named as the estate’s beneficiary. Glenn Creed was 91 at the […]
Child injured at rec center settles for $6M
The case of an 8-year-old girl who suffered a spinal cord stroke after being injured at a recreational center has been settled for $6 million, her attorneys report. Many facts of the case were withheld pursuant to a confidentiality clause, but according to According to Elizabeth Grimes of the Law Offices of Michael A. DeMayo […]
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