A deadly late night fire has resulted in a $10 million global settlement against both the apartment complex and the county’s 911 operators who allegedly failed to tell the victims of the blaze that they should leave the burning residence.   ...

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A 73-year-old woman whose husband was killed in a car wreck in a work zone has settled her wrongful death suit for $3.6 million, her attorneys report.   Donald Dunn of Riddle & Brantley in Goldsboro and David Kirby of ...

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The estate of a woman who died after she was struck by a bread delivery truck while she was walking down a busy residential street has settled its wrongful death lawsuit for $1 million, her attorneys report. David Kirby and ...

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A case involving a deadly explosion prompted by a gas leak at a North Carolina home has been settled for $5.5 million, the plaintiffs’ attorneys report. John Jensen of Jensen Law Group on Chapel Hill and Lee Falls of Falls ...

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The estate of a woman who set a police car on fire while she was inside it and later hanged herself to death in custody will receive $725,000 under the terms of a settlement with the sheriff’s office. Tom Ramer ...

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The family of a college student who was killed in a collision with an armored box truck whose driver had fallen asleep at the wheel has agreed to a $5 million settlement, the family’s attorneys report.  Harry Albritton Jr. of ...

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  The estate of a 47-year-old North Carolina woman who was killed by a distracted driver has settled its case for $4 million, its attorneys report.   The plaintiff was represented by Brian Mickelsen and Danny Dalton of Mickelsen Dalton in Mount ...

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  The parents of a truck driver who was killed after an accident on a North Carolina interstate has negotiated a $1.75 million settlement with a tire manufacturer, the parents’ attorneys report.  James A. Roberts III and Matthew D. Quinn ...

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The family of a teenager who was struck and killed at what they contended was a dangerous school bus stop has settled a claim against the Wake County Board of Education for $1.1 million, the family’s attorneys report. Shawn Howard ...

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The mother of a Wayne County jail inmate who died after he was allegedly refused psychiatric treatment, severely beaten and hogtied by detention officers, and tased by a state trooper has settled a federal lawsuit for $985,000, her attorney reports. ...

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