By DIANA SMITH, Staff Writer [email protected]   Ann Shy says she would be bored to tears in a mediated settlement conference. Move that mediation to a prison setting, however, and the Carrboro lawyer is ready to play ball. And thanks ...

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    John Doe, a 79-year-old successful businessman, and his wife Jane Doe executed a series of trusts in 2009 including John’s revocable living trust. The terms of John’s living trust allowed him to control the distribution of all income ...

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RALEIGH (NCLW) – An association billing itself as “the largest online roster of experienced neutrals in the nation” has launched a new website that lawyers can access with “no referral or administration fees whatsoever.” Darren Lee, executive director of the ...

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In most cases, the challenge in mediation doesn't lie with the mediator; it lies with the lawyers who walk into the room with little or no preparation, expecting the mediator to resolve the case for them. Commercial litigation is different from tort litigation in that it often hinges on contractual obligations and raises a host of business issues that do not arise in a typical tort case. Accordingly, mediation in the commercial litigation context should not be approached in the same manner as in tort litigation.

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Plaintiff was a 50-year-old male who was seeing a chiropractor for routine care. He complained of dizziness and visual disturbances following a manipulation which the defendant chiropractor documented in the chart. Chiropractor subsequently saw plaintiff for additional adjustments. During one ...

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In May 2006, the plaintiff was traveling as a passenger with her boyfriend to a school function when he made a left-hand turn into oncoming traffic, causing the vehicle to suffer a T-bone collision on the plaintiff’s side of the ...

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In this wrongful-death case. the decedent sustained multiple fractures and internal-organ damage. The decedent was a 60-year-old male on the date of collision. His fractures and organ damage required surgeries and intensive-care treatment. The patient did well initially but could ...

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The plaintiff’s intestate was a deputy sheriff who was on duty working a traffic collision that had occurred in an area of dense smoke and fog during hours of darkness. He was struck by the defendant’s tractor-trailer, which had attempted ...

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Despite resistance, mediation becomes more common in bankruptcy cases

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