North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
A lawyer for Johnston County schools says a teen who said he left two unloaded shotguns in his car at school will be allowed to graduate.
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Read More »KKK leader convicted on weapons charges
A Ku Klux Klan leader from North Carolina has been convicted on weapons and explosive charges related to a plot to blow up his county sheriff.
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Read More »Suit: Midwife’s failure to call for backup caused nerve damage 
This was a shoulder dystocia case involving a little boy who had been delivered by a midwife. The basic allegations of the case were that the midwife had failed to call in her backup physician to help with the delivery ...
Tagged with: Johnston County Medical Malpractice
Read More »Criminal Practice – Second-Degree Murder – Malice – DWI – Prior Arrests
State v. Hernandez. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-16-0190, 12 pp.) (Ann Marie Calabria, J.) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court. (Thomas H. Lock, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Even though defendant was ...
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Read More »Criminal Practice – Sentencing – Rejected Plea Offer – Presumptive Range
State v. Pinkerton. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-06-0136, 1 p.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court. (James F. Ammons Jr., J.) On appeal from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Click here for the full text of the ...
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Read More »7-week trial in Johnston County over car financing ends in split verdict
This was a complex civil action for fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices, abuse of process and related transgressions arising out of the sale and financing of dozens of used automobiles. Plaintiff alleged, inter alia, that defendants, a used car ...
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Read More »Attorneys – Disqualification – Former Client – Switching Sides – ‘Newly Discovered Evidence’
Security Credit Corp. v. Barefoot. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-16-0006, 8 pp.) (Sanford L. Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court. (Thomas H. Lock, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: During ...
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Read More »Workers’ Compensation – Neck Injury – Partial Disability – Lower Wages
Gill v. Johnston County. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-08-0996, 7 pp.) (Laura Kranifeld Mavretic, Commissioner) Appealed from Opinion & Award of Deputy Commissioner J. Brad Donovan. I.C. No. 663125. Holding: Plaintiff contends that he was terminated from his first post-injury job ...
Tagged with: Johnston County Neck Injury Workers Compensation
Read More »Criminal Practice – Sentencing – Aggravating Factors – Maximum Aggravated Sentence
State v. Shaw. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0961, 6 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court (James E. Hardin Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: When a trial court’s comments ...
Tagged with: Aggravating & Mitigating Factors Aggravating Factors aggravation Criminal Practice Johnston County sentencing sentencing enhancements
Read More »Contract – Corporate – Civil Practice – Real Party in Interest – Tort/Negligence – Summer Camps
Stephenson v. Langdon. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0904, 19 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court. (Thomas H. Lock, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Plaintiffs cannot show the individual defendants breached a contract because the plaintiffs’ contract was ...
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