North Carolina’s second-highest court will decide whether Catawba Indians enjoy sovereign immunity that protects them from some claims in a lawsuit tied to construction of a casino in Kings Mountain.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals will allow a man to pursue a lawsuit against two Raleigh city employees. The suit stems from injuries the man sustained from a fallen tree branch in a city-maintained park.
The North Carolina Business Court judge overseeing Carrboro’s lawsuit against Duke Energy wants more information before deciding whether to dismiss the town’s complaint. Judge Mark Davis issued a two-page order Thursday asking the town and the utility to file new briefs next month related to the issue of “traceability.” The order arrived after Davis conducted a hearing on Duke’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
A federal Appeals Court has upheld rulings against the plaintiffs in a series of North Carolina lawsuits against Merck over its Gardasil vaccine. Appellate judges agreed that the plaintiffs failed to follow the proper procedure to pursue their complaints.
An Orange County town seeks to unravel North Carolina’s utilities regulation system with its climate lawsuit against Duke Energy. That’s the key point in Duke’s latest state Business Court filing in its legal battle with Carrboro.
Duke Energy has filed a second motion to dismiss the lawsuit Carrboro filed against Duke in a dispute involving climate change. The town seeks money damages for the alleged negative impact of Duke Energy's climate policies on town finances.
Carrboro is defending its lawsuit against Duke Energy this week in North Carolina Business Court. The Orange County town seeks money from Duke related to the utility’s asserted impact on climate change.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether a contractor working for the state Department of Transportation must foot part of the bill for a deputy sheriff’s roadside injury.
A Guilford County teenager and his mother can move forward with their lawsuit against the local school board and the Old North State Medical Society over a forced COVID-19 vaccination. The state Supreme Court reversed lower court rulings against the teen and mother with a 5-2 decision Friday.
Hog-waste management in North Carolina has become a subject of increasing concern over the last two decades. Hog farming in North Carolina primarily utilizes the open-pit lagoon system for waste disposal, which has raised substantial environmental and public health worries. Concerns are focused mainly on the potential for lagoon overflows leading to the contamination of...
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