North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Wrongful Death -- Defendant's Truck Speeding -- Overturned -- Logs Hit Decedent's Pick- Up -- Settlement

Hysterectomy -- Inappropriate Treatment Of Bleeding -- Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- $500,000 Settlement

Filing Cabinet Tipped Over -- Knee Replacement Required -- Third- Party Action -- Placement Of Warning Labels -- Mediated Settlement

Defendant Exited Side Road -- Plaintiff Struck Rear -- Defendant Cited -- Contrib Issue -- Mediated Settlement

Cervical Spine Injury -- Traumatic Incident Standard Claimed -- Employer Argued Not Compensable -- Award

Defendant Struck Passenger Side Of Plaintiff's Car -- Disc Injury -- Settled

Plaintiff's Vehicle Rear- Ended -- Turning Left Into Parking Lot -- Fractured Foot -- Settled

Computer Supervisor Had Alleged Interest In Suppliers -- Employer Claimed Self- Dealing -- Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud -- UDAP -- $1.533 Million Damage Award -- Plus Constructive Trust On Comp, Disability Benefits, Other Assets

Truck Ran Intersection -- Plaintiff's Car In Double Left Turn Lane -- Vision Blocked By Car In Other Lane -- Lookout Issue -- Jury Instructions -- $900,000 Award

Head- On Collision -- Plaintiff Struck In Her Lane By Truck -- Sued Truck Owner -- Multiple Fractures -- Liver Laceration -- $900,000 Mediated Settlement