On Aug. 4, 2021, the defendant was driving a commercial dump truck on Moores Chapel Road in Mecklenburg County. According to the plaintiff counsel, Ronard Dixon, the defendant’s dump truck veered off the right side of the road and then made ...
Tagged with: Motor Vehicle Wreck
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On Feb. 13, 2022, a Pilatus PC-12 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Beaufort, N.C., killing all eight onboard. North Carolina attorney Will Owen, along with Gary and Andrew Robb of MO, represented five of the families affected by the ...
Tagged with: Wrongful Death
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A motorcyclist hit by a drunk driver has reached a $545,000 settlement. A 72-year-old plaintiff was riding his motorcycle on the Blue Ridge Parkway, when he was struck by a drunk driver. According to the plaintiff’s counsel, Douglas Maynard, the ...
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A 71-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a pickup truck has reached a $3.03 million settlement. The plaintiff was struck by a pickup truck while crossing the street of a small-town intersection that was undergoing construction. The plaintiff, however, did ...
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The family of a man killed by falling material at a warehouse has settled for $12 million. In September 2019, Behzad Abedi (“Al”) and his wife Angela Abedi were at a warehouse to select building materials for homes that they ...
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In June 2018, a plaintiff’s vehicle was stopped at a stop sign when he was rear ended by the defendant. Over four years later, the plaintiff settled for $250,000. According to plaintiff’s attorney, Mark Gray II, several issues arose ...
Tagged with: Motor Vehicle Accident
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In October 2016, the plaintiff was a guest on a Raleigh based party bus, celebrating a friend’s birthday traveling from Raleigh to Durham, and back. According to the plaintiff’s attorney Mark Gray II, on the group’s drive back to Raleigh, ...
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Injuries caused by a vehicle accident have resulted in a $6.2 million settlement. In 2018 the plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by another motorist. The plaintiff was hospitalized for several weeks and had to undergo extensive ...
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A teenager who was struck with a stray bullet and paralyzed has reached a $7.5 million settlement. The plaintiff – who was 13 at the time – was visiting friends, when she was shot in their apartment complex parking lot. ...
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On Sept. 12, 2022, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety paid $1.4 million to the estate of Geoffrey Howe, a maintenance mechanic at Pasquotank Correctional Institution who was killed by four inmates during an attempted prison break. Howe’s ...
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