A woman who suffered permanent, debilitating brain injuries after a non-fatal drowning has settled her negligence claim for $4.1 million, her attorneys report. The plaintiff was represented by Amanda Mingo and Katie Clary of Rawls, Scheer, Clary & Mingo in ...
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A property management company and a homeowner have agreed to pay $234,000 to a man and a woman injured while riding a defective zip line on the rental property, the plaintiffs’ attorney reports. Winslow Taylor of Taylor & Taylor in ...
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A teenager who was injured by a kicked ball while at school will collect $710,000 from two settlements in the case, his attorneys report. Jason Tuttle and Katie King of Everett Gaskins Hancock report that their client, David A. Miller III, ...
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A truck driver who suffered severe injuries when a two-ton pipe landed on him has settled a claim against the crane company responsible for loading the pipe for $1.5 million, his attorneys report. Tom Comerford and John Chilson of ...
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A man who was severely injured after a 1,000-pound loader arm collapsed on him while he was fixing a piece of machinery at a North Carolina industrial plant has confidentially settled a claim against the plant’s owner for $1.7 ...
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A college student who was raped by a man who had intruded into her off-campus sorority house has confidentially settled a lawsuit with the home’s property manager for $2.5 million, her attorneys report. David Kirby and Bill Bystrynski of Edwards ...
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The family of a man who died in a workplace accident during his first assignment working for a temp agency has confidentially settled a worker’s compensation claim and a negligence lawsuit against the company for whom he was working ...
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A teenager who suffered brain damage after he almost drowned in a town-owned swimming pool has settled a lawsuit against the town for $1 million, his attorneys report. The attorneys, Lee Olive and Whitney Brooks of Charlotte, reported that ...
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A Cumberland County jury has awarded $2 million to a man who was seriously injured when several 50-pound bags of dog food fell on his head while he was shopping at a Walmart in Hope Mills. Brent Adams of Dunn ...
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A surgeon who placed a stent that was later sheared off during a subsequent surgery and ended up in the patient’s heart was properly allowed to beat back a negligence lawsuit by arguing that the second doctor had committed ...
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