Woman receives UIM benefits after workplace wreck
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...
View ArticleContract – Foreign Default Judgment – Jurisdiction – Full Faith & Credit
Frontier Leasing Corp. v. Hunt. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0709, 13 pp.) (Martha A. Geer, J.) Appealed from Wayne County Superior Court (John E. Nobles, J.) Holding: A foreign default judgment is valid...
View ArticleCriminal Practice – Constitutional – Right to Silence – Evidence – Plain...
State v. Mendoza. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0811, 20 pp.) (Martha A. Geer, J.) Appealed from Wayne County Superior Court. (James Floyd Ammons Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though the trial court...
View ArticleCriminal Practice – Stalking – Threatening Faxes
State v. Wooten. Of the five faxes sent to town hall, referring to the building inspector, the last two were objectively threatening, placing the building inspector and others in fear. The state...
View ArticlePrisons & Jails – Sentencing –‘Life’ Sentence – 80 Years – Good Time, Gain...
Jones v. Keller. When petitioner was sentenced to life in prison, a life sentence was statutorily defined as 80 years. Although petitioner has earned enough good time, gain time and merit time to...
View ArticleCriminal Practice – Constitutional – Right to Self-Representation –...
State v. Lane. Even though defendant read at the third-grade level (or possibly kindergarten level, according to the trial court) and suffered from several mental disorders, he was nevertheless...
View ArticleCriminal Practice – Assault –‘Serious Injury’– Shotgun Wounds
State v. McLean. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0413, 18 pp.) (Cheri Beasley, J.) Appealed from Wayne County Superior Court. (Walter H. Godwin Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion....
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