An Allstate customer's unfair-trade-practices and bad-faith claims have been reinstated by the N.C. Court of Appeals in an unpublished decision. The case - Lee v. Allstate Insurance Company (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0779 pp.) - may now go to trial in Cumberland County. An attorney representing the plaintiffs, Brenton D. Adams (pictured) of Dunn, said he doesn't anticipate a settlement in the case, which includes a claim for punitive damages.

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The defendant-vehicle operator operated a Chevrolet van owned by the defendant-auto sales company. The van struck the defendant-injured person while the injured person was in the process of unloading and then reloading newspapers from the van. It is believed that ...

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Martini v. Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-016-565, 2 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court. (Leon J. Stanback Jr., J.) On appeal from the N.C. Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: As ...

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A Cary doctor was not entitled UIM and medical payments coverage for an accident that happened while he was driving a car not listed on his policy — despite his claim that the listed car was out of service, the ...

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Plaintiff, age 47, was at her place of business when a vehicle ran over the curb and through the front glass window, pinning and crushing her against the wall. She sustained a displaced fracture of her fibula and a fracture ...

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Plaintiff, a 22-year-old college student at North Carolina State University, sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle accident on Dec. 10, 2009. The at-fault vehicle turned left in front of him as he approached an intersection. Plaintiff sustained serious orthopaedic injuries ...

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The plaintiff is a young male who was in graduate school at UNC-Chapel Hill at the time of the accident. A motorist struck him while he was on his bicycle in Chapel Hill. The plaintiff wore a bicycle helmet at ...

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