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Estate settles after woman killed by impaired driver
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Blunt force trauma causing death Case name: Withheld Amount: $2 million Date: May 1, 2026 Attorneys: Shawn Howard, Victor Macam, and Andrew […]
Runaway trailer kills driver in head-on crash
Action: Wrongful death Injuries alleged: Death Case name: Withheld Amount: $6.5 million Date: 2026 Attorney: Devlin Horton of Horton & Mendez Injury Attorneys in Wilmington (for the plaintiff) […]
Defendant’s rural detour ends in crash settlement
Action: Motor vehicle negligence Injuries alleged: Ogilvie syndrome, permanent dietary changes, fractured sternum, rib fractures, liver laceration, patella fracture, mediastinal hematoma Case name: Withheld Amount: $2.25 million Date: Spring […]
NC Business Court: Unjust enrichment claim limited to sole plaintiff and corporate defendant
The court granted in part and denied in part a motion for summary judgment, allowing a single plaintiff‘s unjust enrichment claim to proceed only against a single corporate defendant while […]
Fourth circuit narrows assignee standing and upholds dismissal of racketeering price‑inflation suit
The Fourth Circuit ruled that plaintiff entities, which purchase recovery rights from health‑care payors, may sue only for the five assignors specifically identified in their contracts and not for any unnamed […]
Plaintiffs’ attorneys see notable successes in ’24
By Kallie Cox Plaintiff wins stole the show in civil actions in the state in 2024, resulting in multimillion-dollar awards for wrongful deaths, motor vehicle collisions, gruesome injuries, safety hazards […]
For want of an address, a lawsuit was lost
By Pat Murphy A tale of woe out of Superior Court in Massachusetts underscores that plaintiffs’ lawyers can’t be too careful in making sure that all the i’s are dotted […]
4th Circuit: Extrinsic evidence triggers duty to defend
Where an insurance carrier requested information from its insured about the timing of the exposure alleged by a plaintiff in an underlying suit, the carrier was required to consider that […]
City’s role in proceedings waived case caption procedural defect
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the city of Greenville waived procedural defects by participating in proceedings despite a plaintiff's error in naming the correct respondent in a case caption.
Top Legal News
- BIA used wrong standard to reverse CAT protection
- New York sues 3M, DuPont, others over toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in consumer goods
- New NC budget guts funding for civil legal aid
- NC budget eliminates minority business office, folds health equity office into broader division
- US states could sue next week to block Paramount-Warner Bros deal, sources say
- Estate settles after woman killed by impaired driver
- Retired couple injured in I-485 crash
- Data breach claims against Bojangles largely survive dismissal
- North Carolina budget now law after year-long delay
- Mental health facility operator’s petition filed three days too late
- Lawsuit alleges US shared information with Iran about asylum seekers, US denies allegation
Commentary
- We tore out our own backup generator
- When is a PIP an adverse employment action?
- Legally Speaking: What spring can teach us about active listening
- A useful patent management government notice
- Opinion: NC judges have enormous power. Be sure to vote in November
- The third option: Why your best employees are quietly losing their edge
- AI divorce is real, but family law can still save itself
- ‘AI won’t take your job’ and other things CEOs say before the layoffs
- When not to believe (your lyin’ eyes)
- Conduct a technology audit to improve law firm efficiency
- When the client brings ChatGPT to the consultation
- Content Marketing: Where law firms lose referrals and how to prevent it
