The N.C. Court of Appeals released three separate rulings in Map Act cases, dealing another blow to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. On Tuesday, March 20, the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of landowners in NCDOT v. Stimpson,…
The lead attorney representing landowners in a landmark property rights case says North Carolina residents must know how Gov. Roy Cooper’s pick for transportation will handle compensation for the plaintiffs. Matthew Bryant of Winston-Salem was key in instigating the Map Act lawsuit against the N.C.
RALEIGH — Can someone who has been involuntarily committed as being a danger to themselves be barred from recovering damages in a malpractice case because they were also negligent by provoking other patients at a mental hospital to assault them? The answer, according to a recent ruling by the state’s…
RALEIGH — What's a lottery? That’s the question the N.C. Court of Appeals addressed recently in a case involving inexpensive long-distance calling cards that also came with a scratch-and-win promotion. The court ruled that because the phone cards, though providing only for two minutes of calling time each, were competitive…
RALEIGH — The N.C. Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected as untimely challenges to a proposed large-scale annexation by Fayetteville. The ruling would allow the annexation to proceed unless the N.C. Supreme Court decides to hear the case. Battle lines were drawn Nov. 24, 2003 when Fayetteville adopted an annexation…
