Judge Christy Wilhelm has been appointed the chief district court judge of Judicial District 19A by North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin, according to a news release. Wilhelm will take over Jan. 1, 2019, when current Chief District ...

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CONCORD (AP) — The former administrator in the Cabarrus County town of Harrisburg has pleaded guilty to taking more than $40,000. The Charlotte Observer reported that Michele Reapsmith has pleaded guilty to three felony counts of obtaining property by false ...

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A Cabarrus County man who was left paralyzed from the waist down when he fell fifteen feet after two sheriff’s deputies hit him with a Taser gun may proceed with his lawsuit against the sheriff’s office.

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Wally v. City of Kannapolis. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-16-0192, 15 pp.) (Ann Marie Calabria, J.) Appealed from Cabarrus County Superior Court. (Michael E. Beale, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Where the ...

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The Villages at Red Bridge, LLC v. Weisner. A taxpayer who disagreed with a tax assessor's valuation decisions and who failed to exhaust administrative remedies prescribed by statute cannot bypass the same . . .

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State v. Long. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-06-0135, 1 p.) (Per Curiam) (Barbara Jackson, J., not participating) Appealed from Cabarrus County Superior Court. (Donald Bridges, J.) N.C. S. Ct. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Where Justice ...

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State v. Jennings. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0073, 15 pp.) (Robert C. Hunter, J.) Appealed from Cabarrus County Superior Court. (Tanya T. Wallace, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Since law enforcement officers are ...

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Town of Midland v. Morris. Even though the plaintiff-town has no immediate plans to provide its citizens with low-cost natural gas from the pipeline that the town is helping to install through Cabarrus County, since the gas is available, installation . . .

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Simpson v. Simpson. The trial court erred when it concluded that it was precluded from taking judicial notice of the customary rate of local attorney's fees in connection with motions for attorney's fees brought under G.S. § 50-13.6. The parties . . .

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On Oct. 22, 2008, at approximately 6:52 a.m. – before sunrise – the plaintiff’s husband was driving his 2000 Toyota automobile in the middle lane in a generally westerly direction on N.C. Highway 49 approaching the intersection of Kee Lane ...

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