State v. Beckelheimer. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0411, 13 pp.) (Donna S. Stroud, J.) Appealed from Chatham County Superior Court. (D. Jack Hooks Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Beyond the fact that ...

Tagged with: Chatham County Criminal Practice evidence Indecent Liberties Prior Bad Acts Sex Offense

Lockett v. Sister-2-Sister Solutions Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0014, 17 pp.) (Barbara Jackson, J.) Appealed from Chatham County Superior Court. (Howard Manning & Allen Baddour, JJ.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: When a ...

Tagged with: attorney's fees Breach of Contract Chatham County Labor & Employment Wage & Hour Act

Beaver v. Fountain. The act providing for the tolling of a statute of limitations while a serviceman is on active duty also extends to civilians who bring claims against a serviceman.

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Peterson v. Polk-Sullivan, LLC. The trial court correctly held that the legal description of a parcel of property contained on a plat was controlling where the description contained in a deed differed from the description on the plat.

Tagged with: Chatham County Real Property

The case arose out of a cost-plus project that initially started as a gazebo and retaining wall project and morphed into substantial improvements to the homeowners’ property, including the labor and materials necessary for various water features, an arbor, an ...

Tagged with: Breach of Contract Chatham County Construction Materialman's Lien

Brief Statement of Claim: A retired 65-year old gentleman was killed instantly when a Fed Ex Ground delivery truck ran a stop sign in rural Chatham County. The deceased was survived by his wife, daughter, and two grandsons who he ...

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