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Not Business as Usual at the Courthouse; Family Court Cases During COVID-19
As courts resume in North Carolina, it is not business as usual at the courthouse. Courts are…
Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and Child Custody
Can I make my ex take a drug or alcohol test? High conflict child custody actions typically…
5 Documents You Need in COVID-19
During these uncertain times of dealing with a health crisis in our country, it is now more…
Increase in Domestic Violence During Coronavirus Pandemic; We Are Here to Help
The Mecklenburg County Stay-at-Home order for county residents went into effect on March 26, 2020 and the…
Crimes the Feds Are Investigating During the COVID-19 Crisis
United States Attorney General William Barr directed United States Attorneys nationwide to “remain vigilant in detecting, investigating…
How COVID 19 is Changing the Immigration Application Process
There are many questions about how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is processing applications amid the…
Coronavirus, Custody Orders, and Contempt
Due to the current coronavirus pandemic, Mecklenburg County issued a stay at home order that went into effect…
Stay-at-Home Orders and Seeking a Domestic Violence Protective Order or No-Contact Order
As stay-at-home orders are being implemented and unemployment increases during the COVID-19 pandemic, acts of domestic violence…
Three Takeaways from the Administrative Order Regarding Remote Civil Motions; Twenty-Sixth Judicial District
On April 3, 2020, Chief Justice Cheri Beasley of the North Carolina Supreme Court entered an order…
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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