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Summary judgment correct in eminent domain action
A trial court appropriately granted summary judgment in an eminent domain action after resolving all issues pleaded and argued related to title and the interests taken as of the date […]
Judge rules North Carolina dam owner should pay $1.1 million
VASS (AP) A judge has ordered the owners of a troubled dam in North Carolina to pay the state $1.1 million because of a breach. Woodlake CC Corp. has agreed […]
Domestic Relations – Separation Agreement – Consent Judgment – Public Employees – Pension – Defined Benefit Plan — Mutual Mistake Claim
Digh v. Digh In a 1998 consent judgment, the defendant-husband agreed to make the plaintiff-wife the alternate payee of his retirement benefits equal to half of the account attributable to the amount accrued during the marriage, plus interest.
Domestic Relations – Consent Judgment – Enforcement – Contempt Hearing – Stipulations
Holden v. Holden The parties stipulated at a contempt hearing that, instead of subjecting the plaintiff-wife to the threat of a contempt citation, the parties would abide by the trial court’s determination concerning the disputed terms of their prior consent order. The wife cannot now complain about this procedure just because she does not like the trial court’s ruling on the consent [...]
Civil Practice – Consent Judgment – Enforcement – Rule 70 Inapplicable – Declaratory Judgment – Real Property – Avigation Easement
Sampson County v. Parker Family Real Estate, LLC. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-16-0438, 11 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Sampson County Superior Court. (Benjamin G. Alford, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. […]
Domestic Relations – Equitable Distribution – Lien ‘Removal’ – Ambiguity – Consent Judgment – Mistake
Griffith v. Curtis. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0663, 7 pp.) (Sanford L. Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from Buncombe County District Court. (Rebecca B. Knight, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Language in an […]
Top Legal News
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Commentary
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- ‘AI won’t take your job’ and other things CEOs say before the layoffs
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- Conduct a technology audit to improve law firm efficiency
- When the client brings ChatGPT to the consultation
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- Your best people are not leaving for more money — they are leaving because you stopped paying attention
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