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NC agency may ask judge to order chemical plant changes
RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina’s environmental agency says it plans to ask a judge to impose tougher conditions on operations at a chemical plant that has long emitted a little-understood industrial compound. The state Department of Environmental Quality said it plans to go to court later this summer to force The Chemours Co. to stop GenX […]
Candidate For judge suspended from practice
The outspoken, red Corvette-driving lawyer who wanted to add a black robe to his wardrobe and serve on the Superior Court bench for Bladen and Columbus counties has been suspended from the practice of law for five years. But Christopher Livingston’s name will still appear on the ballot. Should he pull off the mother of […]
Authorities identify suspect killed by Bladen officers
DUBLIN (AP) — The State Bureau of Investigation has released the name of a man shot and killed by police in Bladen County this week. SBI spokeswoman Teresa West in a statement said that 24-year-old Declan Owen of Elizabethtown died when he was shot by a sheriff’s deputy and a Bladenboro police officer Tuesday in […]
FBI looking into teen’s hanging death
BLADENBORO (AP) — A prosecutor says the FBI is looking into the hanging death of a black North Carolina teen after his family questioned the official ruling that he killed himself. Seventeen-year-old Lennon Lacy was found hanging by a dog leash and a belt from a swing set in a trailer park in August. The […]
Municipal – Special-Use Permit – Findings of Fact
Edwards v. County of Bladen. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-16-0292, 10 pp.) (Cressie H. Thigpen Jr., J.) Appealed from Bladen County Superior Court. (Gregory A. Weeks, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: A planning board denying a special-use permit application must make more than conclusory findings of fact […]
Bladen County wreck resulted in disc protrusion, depression
Plaintiff’s vehicle was struck from behind by a vehicle travelling at 45 mph. Plaintiff lost consciousness in the collision. In March 2007, he underwent cervical decompression, a complete diskectomy, bilateral foraminotomies and decompression of the nerve roots. He developed depression due to his inability to sustain gainful employment and was determined to be disabled by […]
Criminal Practice – Secret Assault – Victim’s Awareness – SBI Lab – Testing – Sentencing – Out-of-State Convictions
State v. Wright. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0231, 31 pp.) (Cressie H. Thigpen Jr., J.) Appealed from Bladen County Superior Court. (James F. Ammons Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Even though defendant broke into the victims’ home in the middle of the night, armed and wearing a […]
Third-party workplace explosion suit settles for nearly $2.9M
This action arose from a fire and explosion that occurred at a feed and grain mill, which was owned and operated by the third-party defendants. The plaintiff was not employed by the feed and grain mill, but instead was employed by a subcontractor that had been hired to perform repair work at the mill. The […]
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