Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed a criminal defense lawyer and a district court judge to fill two seats on the Superior Court bench. David Phillips will join the District 27A bench in Gaston County, where he’s had an eponymous criminal ...

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LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A suspect in a multistate crime spree will be transferred from West Virginia to North Carolina to face murder charges. Media outlets report that 54-year-old Edward Watson Campbell of Alvin, Texas, waived extradition on Wednesday. Campbell ...

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John Lantz was hit head on by a driver who had bald tires and lost control while exceeding a safe speed in a curve. Lantz suffered catastrophic injuries of a C4-5 dislocation fracture. Over the course of approximately 50 days, ...

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Raprager v. Raprager. Even though a modification of defendant's support obligations may be warranted based on the decline in his business revenue, by his profligate spending after the June 3, 2008, consent order and his failure to pay his obligations . . .

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Lunsford v. Renn. The plaintiff failed to forecast evidence sufficient to raise a genuine issue of material fact that a police officer pursuing a driver who struck and killed two people acted with a reckless indifference to the safety of the public. The officer was entitled to public official immunity. A town did not waive its governmental immunity by purchasing an insurance policy.

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