Burton Speaking at NCAJ Conference This Weekend
Burton Craige and Leto Copeley are speaking this weekend at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Mountain Magic Conference. Burton is leading a panel entitled “Collateral Attack on the Collateral...
View ArticleLatest COA Decisions on Workers’ Compensation
The North Carolina Court of Appeals published two decisions on workers’ compensation this month. The first case, Kingston v. Lyon Construction, concerns workers’ compensation liens and third-party...
View ArticleForsyth County Win!
On Monday, December 6, firm partners Leto Copeley (Chapel Hill) and Ann Groninger (Charlotte) obtained a $250,000.00 verdict in Forsyth County Superior Court on behalf of their client, Thomas M....
View ArticleBriefs Filed in Dail v. City of Goldsboro
The following briefs opposing defendants’ motion to dismiss have recently been filed in Dail, v. City of Goldsboro, et al.: Plaintiff’s First Response Brief and Plaintiff’s Second Response Brief. Mr....
View ArticleCivil Rights Complaint Filed on Behalf of Greg Taylor
A civil rights complaint has been filed in federal court on behalf of Plaintiff Gregory Flynt Taylor against Peter Duane Deaver and other former employees of the North Carolina State Bureau of...
View ArticleBurton Files Amicus Brief with Court of Appeals in Medical Malpractice Case
Burton Craige recently submitted an amicus brief with attorney Andrew J. Schwaba on behalf of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice in Jenkins v. Hearn Vascular Surgery P.A., addressing the...
View ArticleBurton Presents “Billed v. Paid” Paper
Burton Craige authored a paper this month titled “Billed v. Paid: Present, Past, Future”. Burton presented his paper this month at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice CLE, “Bill v. Paid: Counting...
View ArticleBurton Speaks About the New Medical Malpractice Legislation
Burton Craige addressed another bill passed in the North Carolina General Assembly this session with his paper entitled “SB 33: The Brave New World of Malpractice Litigation” where he summarizes Senate...
View ArticleNC COA Examines Public Duty Doctrine
The North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the North Carolina Industrial Commission in Ray v. NC Department of Transportation. The case involved the death of a motorist and her...
View ArticleNC COA Addresses Exception to Workers’ Comp Preemption
In Trivette v. Yount the defendant, a middle school principle, had a fire extinguisher removed from a classroom after a student had removed the safety pin and discharged the extinguisher. The fire...
View ArticleBurton and Narendra Secure Court of Appeals Win in Medical Malpractice...
In Hammond v. Saini, __ N.C. App. ___, 748 S.E.2d 585 (2013), the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Patterson Harkavy’s client, Plaintiff Judy Hammond. Ms. Hammond suffered severe injuries from an...
View ArticleRecent Wrongful Conviction Settlements Total Over $12,000,000
Patterson Harkavy attorneys Burton Craige and Narendra Ghosh, with co-counsel Spencer Parris and Chris Olson, recently obtained settlements totaling more than $12,000,000 for two men who were...
View ArticlePatterson Harkavy files brief with the United States Supreme Court on behalf...
Last week, Patterson Harkavy filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of the rights of individuals injured by exposure to hazardous waste. Attorneys Burton Craige,...
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