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Workers’ Compensation – Medical Expenses – Lengthy Hospitalization – Parents’ Visits – Extensive Burns – Care & Therapy – Attorney’s Fees
Price v. Piggy Palace. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0674, 18 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from the Industrial Commission. N.C. App. Holding: Plaintiff suffered extensive burns to his legs when a co-worker tripped and spilled hot grease on him. During his lengthy hospitalization, his parents visited constantly, with his mother learning how to care for plaintiff’s […]
Small judgment nets $175,000 in attorney’s fees for Raleigh firm
By SYLVIA ADCOCK, Staff Writer [email protected] A District Court case involving less than $7,300 in damages has yielded an award of $175,000 in attorney’s fees in a case that started as nothing more than a dispute over a real estate listing and ended up before the N.C. Supreme Court. The fees were awarded to the […]
Civil Practice – Appeals – Interlocutory – Rule 54 Certification – Unfair Trade Practices – Attorney’s Fees
Bumpers v. Community Bank of Northern Virginia. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-06-0568, 16 pp.) (Patricia Timmons-Goodson, J.) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court. (John B. Lewis Jr., J.) On discretionary review from the N.C. Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: When a judgment rules on all substantive issues of a claim under G.S. Sect. 75-1.1, […]
Contract – Attorney’s Fees – G.S. Sect. 6-21.2(5) – G.S. Sect. 44-35 – Appellate Rule Violations – Sanctions
Brooks Millwork Co. v. Levine. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0582, 15 pp.) (Barbara Jackson, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County Superior Court. (Robert P. Johnston, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Since the plaintiff did not satisfy the notice provision in G.S. Sect. 6-21.2(5), the plaintiff has not met the requirements of the statute and is not entitled […]
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