Attorneys can recoup fees associated with deposing an opponent’s expert witness, regardless of whether the witness had been subpoenaed, the North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. The unanimous Nov. 6 opinion overturns prior rulings that had precluded trial courts from ...

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Gupton v. Son-Lan Development Co., Inc. The trial court improperly granted the defendants costs for expert witness fee since the description of the cost amounts provided by the defendants does not suffice to permit a determination of the extent, if any, to which defendants had asked the trial court to assess statutorily-allowable expert witness fees.

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Bain v. Unitrin Auto and Home Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0266, 15 pp.) (Martha Geer, J.) Appealed from Guilford County Superior Court (Edgar B. Gregory, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Where ...

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Springs v. City of Charlotte. Even though there was conflicting evidence as to whether plaintiff's permanent injuries were caused by the accident or by her multiple sclerosis (or the treatments for her MS), plaintiff presented sufficient . . .

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 Springs v. City of Charlotte. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1095, 21 pp.) (Martha A. Geer, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County Superior Court. (Timothy L. Patti, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holdings:  (1) Even though ...

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  Martin v. Martin. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0866, 12 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Buncombe County Superior Court (Marvin P. Pope, J.) N.C. App. Holdings: (1) The trial court did not err in concluding that the defendant’s excess expenditures ...

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