McAfee v. Howard Baer, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 004-002-18, 12 pp.) (Dennis Howell, USMJ) 1:15-cv-00182; W.D.N.C. Holding: The defendant-truck driver’s minor traffic infraction record, his education and experience, and the defendant-trucking company’s training regimen show that the company was negligent ...

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PCX Holding, LLC v. Guy M. Turner, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-046-17, 5 pp.) (Terrence Boyle, J.) 5:17-cv-00095; E.D.N.C. Holding: The plaintiff-subcontractor contracted with the defendant-trucking company to deliver sections of a control house, but the control house components were ...

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Here’s a tad of DMV trivia: A green light isn’t a command to go, but rather a “qualified permission” to proceed lawfully and carefully — even if the SUV driver following behind your motorcycle believes otherwise, and especially if there’s ...

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HUNTERSVILLE (AP) — There were days when Tony Stewart couldn’t get out of bed. It was a chore to take a shower, to leave his room. The television was on, he would stare at it, and have no idea what ...

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SOMA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish mining company defended its safety record Friday, four days after at least 284 people died in an underground blaze at its coal mine in western Turkey. A maximum of 18 miners remain missing and ...

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Taylor v. Howard Transportation, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-08-0393, 15 pp.) (Danny Lee McDonald, Commissioner) Appealed from Opinion & Award of Deputy Commissioner Myra Griffin. I.C. No. 931701. Holding: Since the N.C.-resident plaintiff provided the Mississippi defendant-employer with timely actual ...

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Yingling v. Bank of America After delivering refreshments to a meeting, plaintiff was moving his car back to his regular parking space when he was involved in a collision.

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Stepp v. Awakening Heart, P.A. The defendant-chiropractor treated plaintiff after a motor vehicle accident, but she stopped treating plaintiff more than four years before plaintiff filed this medical malpractice action.

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In re A.N.C. Even though state law requires the driver of a vehicle to stay with the vehicle after an accident, this did not mean the juvenile was in custody when an officer questioned him while investigating the accident.

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Ochoa v. Noah’s Angels, LLC Even though it was expected that plaintiff’s patient would fall from time to time, plaintiff suffered an injury by accident when the patient fell almost to the floor – farther than she ever had during the four years that she was in plaintiff’s care – and plaintiff hurt her shoulder while catching the patient.

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