Gov. Roy Cooper made three appointments late last month to judicial and district attorney positions. Lamont Wiggins was named as a Superior Court Judge in District 7B March 29, along with Mario Perez as a District Court Judge in District ...

Tagged with: appointment District Attorney Edgecombe County judge Nash County Pitt County Rockingham County Rocky Mount Wilson County

A Wilson County jury foreman who recently found himself spending a week in jail for taking notes on his smartphone during the trial should have perhaps taken better notes while the judge was giving out instructions—the presiding judge, Milton Fitch, ...

Tagged with: Wilson County

Bynum v. Wilson County (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-06-0558, 12 pp.) (Barbara Jackson, J.) (Mark Martin, J., joined by Robert Edmunds Jr. & Cheri Beasley, JJ., concurring in the result only) Appealed from Wilson County Superior Court (Milton Fitch Jr., J.) ...

Tagged with: Wilson County

A Wilson County judge awarded the victim of a hit-and-run almost $5.2 million earlier this month, in what his attorney described as “something of a moral victory.” A 2007 accident left the plaintiff, Andrew Lee, with brain damage and multiple broken bones.

Tagged with: hit-and-run Wilson County

George v. Greyhound Lines, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0269, 19 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Wilson County Superior Court. (Milton F. Fitch Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: A bus driver’s ...

Tagged with: Punitive Damages Tort/Negligence Wilson County

Laurie Volpe was the owner of Cully’s Motorcross Park, Inc. Cully’s was originally the owner of a motorcross park in Florida. When Volpe and her husband, Louis Volpe, moved to North Carolina, Cully’s was incorporated in North Carolina and began ...

Tagged with: attorney's fees Breach of Contract Declaratory Judgment malicious prosecution Treble Damages Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Wilson County

Bissette v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co. An insurance company has the duty to defend in a case in which a vehicle has been sold to another party without proper notarization of title and when an accident occurred before seller's insurance was set to expire. Even when . . .

Tagged with: Duty to Defend Insurance Wilson County

Strickland v. Strickland. The petitioner-attorney requested a significantly higher fee than the clerk of court had ever seen, the attorney did not accept the clerk's offer of a hearing regarding the fees, and the attorney waited more than three weeks to fulfill the clerk's request for a detailed affidavit of attorney's fees. Even though the attorney requested fees of $14,513, the superior court did not err in affirming the clerk's attorney's fee award of $3,500.

Tagged with: appeals attorney's fees trusts & estates Wilson County

State v. Hudson. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0805, 17 pp.) (Cheri Beasley, J.) Appealed from Wilson County Superior Court. (William C. Griffin Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: An officer had a reasonable suspicion to stop defendant after the officer followed defendant ...

Tagged with: Constructive Possession Criminal Practice Marijuana reasonable suspicion search & seizure Wilson County