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The ‘No-Nuptial’: Why Unmarried Homebuyers in NC Need a Cohabitation Agreement
Quick Summary The housing market is showing signs of life again. After a period of high interest…
Your Employees are Using AI. Are Your Trade Secrets Safe?
Artificial intelligence is changing how we work faster than most of us can keep up. Tools like…
2026 Legal Checklist: 4 Tasks to Protect Your Family and Business This Year
We all have the standard New Year’s resolutions: gym, budget, travel. But what about your “legal health”?…
Filing an Appeal in North Carolina: What You Need to Know
Receiving a court decision that doesn’t go your way can feel like hitting a brick wall. It’s…
Alienation of Affection & Criminal Conversation: A Guide to NC’s ‘Heart Balm’ Torts
You might be surprised to hear that in North Carolina, you can actually sue someone for “wrecking”…
The “1% Rule” in NC: What Happens if I’m Partially at Fault in an Accident?
Imagine you’re driving through Charlotte when another car runs a red light and crashes into you. It…
How Do I Pay Child Support If I Have Been Furloughed or Laid Off Due to a Government Shutdown?
A government shutdown can create immense financial uncertainty, especially for federal employees facing a furlough or Reduction…
Common Legal Mistakes Small Businesses Make in North Carolina
As a small business owner in North Carolina, you manage countless moving parts every day. While you’re…
Protective Orders & Custody: Legal Protections for Domestic Violence in NC
Finding your way out of a domestic violence situation takes incredible courage. While the emotional toll can…
Dozier Miller in the News
Noncompete agreements in NC
Dozier Miller’s Adam Hocutt talks to The Charlotte Observer and Raleigh’s The News & Observer about noncompete agreements in North Carolina: Who uses them, what the law says and if the FTC will ban them.
Products liability
Plane crash; vibration damper defect alleged; engine failure; real estate company founder, wife killed; eight children. $26.05 million settlement
Accounting malpractice
Claims that fraudulent audits allowed a Burlington company to hide huge losses in a reinsurance pool led to a $250 million settlement that topped Lawyers Weekly’s survey of the 25 largest verdicts and settlements in 2005.
Representing an injured marine
Dozier Miller’s Adam Hocutt talks to WSOC-TV news anchor Allison Latos about about representing Marine Caleb Murry, who is seeking surgery after a boat injury.
Failure to diagnose
The plaintiff, Terrence Forrest, is a 46-year-old business consultant. His malpractice suit claimed the defendants failed to inform him that the biopsy of his mole suggested there was regression of a melanocytic lesion. Approximately a year and a half after the biopsy, the plaintiff was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma.
Buyer claws back deposit from builder
Dozier Miller’s Adam Hocutt shares how his clients fought to get back a $46,000 deposit for an unbuilt house, claiming the builder tried to charge them for items that were already included in the contract.
Vague biopsy slides
A Charlotte businessman who claimed a dermatologist should have told him that his negative biopsy results didn’t rule out melanoma has recovered $1.5 million.
Good Samaritan scam
Dozier Miller’s Adam Hocutt talked to WSOC-TV news anchor Allison Latos about the work he is doing to defend international college students scammed out of thousands of tuition dollars by The Neighborhood Good Samaritan Center.
Wrongful death
Deceased entered intersection on green light. Tractor-trailer ran red light. $2.12 million settlement.
Wedding morning pre-nup
A Mecklenburg County woman will be able to seek an equitable distribution of her marital assets after a jury set aside a pre-nuptial agreement she signed on the morning of her wedding, finding that the agreement was not entered into voluntarily, the woman’s attorneys report.
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