Surratt v. Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-15-0758, 14 pp.) (James Gale, C.J.) 2015 NCBC 72 Holding: The complaint alleges that plaintiff and defendant Brown agreed that a store would be opened, Brown would finance the venture for a 30 percent ...

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Grub, Inc. v. Sammy’s Seafood House & Oyster Bar, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0380, 31 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Carteret County Superior Court (John Nobles Jr., J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Despite defendant Boyd’s testimony that he agreed ...

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BDM Investments v. Lenhil, Inc. Broad allegations of a conspiracy to defraud plaintiffs in a real estate scheme are just enough to survive a motion to dismiss – but only as to some of the defendants and some claims.

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Pete Fortner, PLLC v. Koonce Wooten & Haywood, LLP Where all the evidence showed that plaintiff's former partner solicited a job with the defendant-accounting firm - not the other way around - plaintiff failed to show that defendant intentionally interfered with the contract between plaintiff and its former partner.

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Best Cartage, Inc. v. Stonewall Packaging, LLC Knowing about defendant Stonewall Packaging, LLC's partnership with defendant Jackson Paper Manufacturing Co., plaintiff nevertheless chose to enter into a contract with Stonewall alone. Plaintiff is bound by that choice and has no breach of contract claim against Jackson.

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Williams Overman Pierce, LLP v. Duncan (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-15-0369, 8 pp.) (James L. Gale, J.) N.C. Bus. Ct. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Pursuant to the parties’ settlement agreement, after being involuntarily terminated from ...

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Plaintiff and individual defendant conducted an approximately four-year business relationship without a written agreement, involving the plaintiff’s marketing and sales of an automotive paint repair product invented and patented by defendant. Plaintiff claimed that the parties had agreed to establish ...

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Stanford v. Paris. The testator's gift of his stock, which became the same proportional interest in the same assets upon their transfer from a dissolved corporation to a partnership, did remain in his estate in specie as personal property at the time of his . . .

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Ron Medlin Construction v. Harris. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-06-1209, 18 pp.) (Sarah Parker, Ch.J.) Appealed from Brunswick County Superior Court. (B. Craig Ellis, J.) On appeal from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Click here for the full text ...

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Coremin v. McNamara. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-15-1038, 13 pp.) (Ben F. Tennille, Ch.J.) N.C. Bus. Ct. Holding: Where the parties’ partnership was at will, either partner could end the partnership, regardless of motive, without breaching the partnership agreement. Hence, plaintiff ...

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