North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Apr 1, 2025

Chatham County lawyer reprimanded

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Sep 11, 2024

Mixson takes helm of Superior Court clerks group

RALEIGH — The N.C. Conference of Clerks of Superior Court installed its 2025-25 slate of officers at its 2024 Summer Educational Conference held last month in Waynesville. Sworn in as […]

Apr 29, 2024

Almost half of NC population now served by eCourts

With today’s addition of 10 counties to those using eCourts, almost half of the state’s residents will be served by the online judicial documents system.

Feb 12, 2024

Former Chatham Housing executive sentenced

GREENSBORO — The former head of the Chatham County Housing Authority is bound for prison after sentencing Thursday on a wire fraud charge in U.S. District Court for the Middle […]

Feb 8, 2024

State offers attorneys training on eCourts system

The Administrative Office of the Courts will soon offer training on the eCourts online judicial filing system to lawyers and their firms in the next 10 counties where the system […]

Jul 31, 2023

Automaker breaks ground for Chatham County plant

MONCURE (AP) — A Vietnamese company planning to build an electric vehicle plant in North Carolina that would employ 7,500 workers has reached a milestone. VinFast officials joined Gov. Roy Cooper and others for a ground-breaking ceremony on Friday. VinFast announced last year that it would build its first manufacturing facility outside Vietnam in Chatham County, which is southwest of Raleigh. Th[...]

Apr 28, 2011

Criminal Practice – Sex Offense & Indecent Liberties – Evidence – Prior Bad Acts – Too Dissimilar

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 […]

Jan 6, 2011

Labor & Employment – Breach of Contract – Piercing the Corporate Veil – Wage & Hour Act – Attorney’s Fees

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 […]

Nov 18, 2010

Civil Practice – Statute of Limitations – Tolling – Benefits Extend to Civilians

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.

Sep 10, 2010

Real Property – Plat – Deeds – Legal Descriptions

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.

Jan 11, 2010

Jury renders verdict in contractor’s favor

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 […]

Jul 14, 2003

Settlement reached in fatal wreck with FedEx truck

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 […]