North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  A woman who was slammed from behind by an 18-wheeler in Winston-Salem has confidentially settled a lawsuit against a trucking company for $1,000,000, her attorneys report. Tom Comerford of Comerford Britt in Winston-Salem reports that his client, a 21-year-old ...

Tagged with: Automobile Accident

  The widower of a North Carolina woman who died after heart surgery has confidentially settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1.4 million, her attorney reported. John Kenneth Moser of Comerford & Britt in Winston-Salem reported that the woman, whose ...

Tagged with: Wrongful Death

The family of a doctor who died after cattle-herding dogs attacked him while he was on a walk have settled a lawsuit for $900,000, the family’s attorneys said. John Kenneth Moser and Aindrea Pledger of Comerford & Britt in Winston-Salem ...

Tagged with: Wrongful Death

A then-9-year-old girl who suffered a traumatic brain injury when she was hit by a car after getting off of her school bus has settled the case confidentially for $3 million, her attorney reported. Hoyt Tessener of the Law Offices ...

Tagged with: Automobile Accident

The city of Charlotte will pay more than $1.5 million to compensate property owners who sued the city over the 2010 opening of a new runway at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, the plaintiffs’ attorneys reported. Tommy Odom of the Odom Firm ...

Tagged with: Eminent Domain

A judge has ordered Foodbuy of Charlotte, the country’s largest food service procurement company, to pay $9.26 million to a New Jersey juice manufacturer for over-invoicing it, attorneys report. Kurt Lindquist, Emily Doll, and Russ Ferguson of Womble Bond Dickinson ...

Tagged with: Breach of Contract

A Durham County jury has awarded $4.5 million to the family of a bicyclist killed by a distracted driver, the family’s attorney reported. Eugene Rotberg, 66, was riding his bike on N.C. 98 in Durham County On May 10, 2016, ...

Tagged with: Automobile Accident

An elderly Wilmington woman whose car was hit by a FedEx truck has settled the case for $550,000, her lawyer reported. “She’s an 88-year-old widow who was literally on her way to serve meals at the shelter, Good Shepherd Ministries ...

The Wake County Public School System has settled a lawsuit for $75,000 after a boy was hit by a car while on his way to school in Apex, an accident the lawsuit blamed on a negligently designed stop and a ...

Tagged with: negligent design

A worker who fell 12 feet onto concrete in a 2014 construction accident has reached a $975,000 comprehensive and confidential settlement for injuries caused by the fall, his attorneys report. Brooke Howard of Raleigh and Michael J. Byrne of Raleigh ...

Tagged with: personal injury