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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…
What to do when someone writes a bad check?
Sadly, receiving a bad check is something that is much more common than many people realize. It…
Name Change During a Divorce
In North Carolina, changing your last name contemporaneously with getting a divorce is easier than you might…
How do I prove separation from my spouse in North Carolina?
In a previous blog post, I briefly discussed what being “separated” means in North Carolina in describing what dating…
Lotto: Somebody’s Gotta Win, Might As Well Be You! And Maybe Your Spouse Will Take Half.
Recently, there was a headline in the news: “Mega Millions lottery winner has to share $15 million…
What Should I Bring to my First Meeting With My Divorce Attorney?
Chances are, that when you meet with a family law attorney for the first time, your experience…
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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