In re Thompson (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-114-117, 12 pp.) (Valerie Zachary, J.) Appealed from Onslow County Superior Court (D. Jack Hooks, J.) N.C. App. Holding: The deed of trust described the mortgaged property as being located in “Section II-C” of ...

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In re Collins (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-040-17, 13 pp.) (Valerie Zachary, J.) Appealed from Macon County Superior Court (Marvin Pope, J.) N.C. App. Holding: A bank executive’s affidavit established that she worked in the bank’s Administrative Services Division, that she ...

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McLean v. Bank of America, N.A. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-210-16, 18 pp.) (Douglas McCullough, J.) (Richard Dietz, J., concurring) Appealed from Franklin County Superior Court (Robert Hobgood, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Because the defendant-bank had no contractual duty to ...

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. American National Bank & Trust Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-362-16, 19 pp.) (Richard Dietz, J.) (Donna Stroud, J., dissenting) Appealed from Alamance County Superior Court (Michael Morgan, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Under the 2011 amendment ...

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TD Bank, N.A. v. Williams (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-217-16, 18 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from McDowell County Superior Court (J. Thomas Davis, J.) N.C. App. Holding: After a mortgage foreclosure on a commercial property, the debtor or guarantor ...

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In re Foreclosure of Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-008-16, 1 p.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Buncombe County Civil Court (J. Thomas Davis, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: The court improvidently allowed discretionary ...

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A Charlotte-based mortgage company alleging that one of its officers and several employees stole trade secrets and workers to begin their own venture will be allowed to move forward with most of its claims, North Carolina Business Court Chief Judge ...

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In re Ballard (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-090-16, 6 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Iredell County Superior Court (Tanya Wallace, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Appellant Abtos, LLC, outbid U.S. Bank N.A. at the first foreclosure sale, but Abtos then defaulted. ...

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Speer v. Great Western Bank (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-052-16, 11 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County Superior Court (James Morgan & Robert Bell, JJ.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though a bank accepted interest-only payments from a borrower ...

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In re Foreclosure of Fox Den Development, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-029-16, 20 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Iredell County Superior Court (Anna Mills Wagoner, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: There was conflicting evidence as to whether a limited ...

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