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What Does an Executor Do? Executor of Estate Duties in North Carolina
Named executor of an estate in NC? Learn what the role involves, how to qualify with the Clerk of Court, key deadlines, and when you could be personally liable.
Real Estate Partnership Disputes in North Carolina: What Investors Should Know
In a dispute with a real estate co-investor in NC? Learn how your ownership structure affects your options, and what paths exist for resolving the disagreement.
Seller Didn’t Disclose a Problem With Your North Carolina Home? What You Can Do
Seller didn’t disclose a problem with your North Carolina home? Learn how failure to disclose claims work and when you can sue the seller after closing.
How to Find a North Carolina Contract Dispute Lawyer
Choosing a contract dispute lawyer in NC? Learn which claims add remedies, when fees are recoverable, and the questions to ask at a consultation.
How to Choose the Right Business Structure in North Carolina
Forming a business in North Carolina? Here’s how sole proprietorships, LLCs, and corporations compare, plus where the S-Corp election fits in.
Someone Wrote You a Bad Check in NC: Your Legal Options
Received a bad check in North Carolina? Learn your civil and criminal options for recovering what you’re owed, and when it’s worth pursuing.
How Child Support Is Calculated in North Carolina
Learn how child support is calculated in NC, including which worksheet applies to your custody arrangement. A Charlotte family law guide from Dozier Miller.
DUI vs. DWI in North Carolina: What’s the Difference?
Wondering about the difference between DUI and DWI in NC? Learn how sentencing works and how DWI lawyers in NC can help defend your case.
What is a Guardian ad Litem in a Charlotte Custody Dispute?
What is a Guardian ad Litem in a Charlotte custody case? Learn how a Best Interest Attorney advocates for your child and what to expect during the process.
Dozier Miller in the News
Dozier Miller Law Group Expands to Lake Norman
Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce: Dozier Miller Law Group announces the opening of their new Lake Norman office near Birkdale Village in Huntersville, NC.
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.
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