State v. Charleston (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-265-16, 22 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court (W. David Lee, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Where defendant was convicted of both a Class D felony (discharging a firearm into occupied ...

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It’s a well-known principle in U.S. civil law: Each party to a lawsuit is responsible for its own attorney’s fees, unless a statute or contract makes it clear that the other party may be held liable for those fees. The ...

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A former Raymond James financial advisor was awarded $290,000 after a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel found that he was wrongfully terminated by the financial services provider, the man’s attorneys reported. Charles Dyer had worked for Raymond James for ...

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Attorneys for Cinemark want victims of a 2012 shooting at a Colorado movie theater to pay nearly $700,000 in legal fees after they unsuccessfully sued the theater chain. The company’s lawyers told a judge they need ...

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Andrews v. America’s Living Centers LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-112-16, 18 pp.) (Gregory, J.) No. 15-1658, June 28, 2016; USDC at Asheville, N.C. (Reidinger, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: An award of attorney’s fees is permissible after a voluntary dismissal under ...

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Gonzalez v. Tidy Maids, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-107-16, 6 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from the Industrial Commission. N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though defendants were unsuccessful in their appeal of the Industrial Commission’s award of benefits, the Commission ...

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Alford v. Green (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-101-16, 18 pp.) (John Tyson, J.) Appealed from Granville County Superior Court (Henry Hight Jr., J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The plaintiff-mayor’s complaint alleged that the defendant-town councilwoman’s email to the town attorney defamed ...

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McLennan v. Josey (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-141-16, 13 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Halifax County Superior Court (Alma Hinton, J.) N.C. App. Holding: In this boundary dispute, the law of the case is that defendants submitted no admissible ...

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Stuart v. Walker-McGill (Lawyers Weekly No. 003-002-16, 47 pp.) (Catherine Eagles, J.) 1:11-cv-00804; M.D.N.C. Holding: Given the complex issues in this case, which challenged the constitutionality of requirements that North Carolina imposed on health care providers who treat patients seeking ...

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Federal Point Yacht Club v. Moore (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-001-16, 29 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from New Hanover County Superior Court (W. Allen Cobb Jr., J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Defendant originally denied that he had violated the ...

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