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Tort/Negligence – Trip & Fall – Products Liability – Wrinkled Rug – Premises Liability
Rushton v. United States (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-214-17, 13 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 1:15-cv-01378; D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiff alleges that defendant Cintas Corporation No. 2 provided a defective rug to the post office and that plaintiff tripped on a wrinkle in the rug and fell. Plaintiff’s product liability claim fails because her expert testified that […]
Tort/Negligence – Trip & Fall – Store Restroom Hallway – Wire Rack & Jumbled Boxes
Bradley v. Dollar General Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-077-17, 5 pp.) (Richard Mark Gergel, J.) 2:16-cv-00750; D.S.C. Holding: When she was walking down the hallway to the defendant-store’s restroom, plaintiff admitted to seeing the wire basket rack that tripped her; however, it is not clear from the record whether she saw the rack before or […]
Tort/Negligence – Trip & Fall – Gas Pump Hose – Open & Obvious
Welsh v. Speedway LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-076-17, 10 pp.) (R. Bryan Harwell, J.) D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiff admitted that he saw the gas pump hose and was attempting to step over it when he tripped and fell. In other words, the gas pump hose was an open and obvious danger. Summary judgment for defendant. The […]
Landlord/Tenant – Commercial Lease – Tort/Negligence – Trip & Fall – Hole in Floor – Indemnity & Contribution Crossclaims
McAvoy v. Dolgencorp, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-156-17, 5 pp.) (Richard Mark Gergel, J.) 9:17-cv-00754; D.S.C. Holding: A landlord ordinarily has no duty to maintain premises that are under the control of a tenant, but here the defendant-tenant and the defendant-landlord agreed that the landlord would maintain structural aspects of the premises, including structural floors. […]
Tort/Negligence – Trip & Fall – Stacked Sandbags – 2015 Flood – Store Entrance
Fish v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-100-17, 8 pp.) (Cameron McGowan Currie, S.J.) 3:16-cv-00099; D.S.C. Holding: Unsure as to whether the flooding was over in early October 2015, the defendant-merchant kept sandbags stacked up on either side of its front door, and, as the plaintiff-customer exited the store (she had seen the bags […]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
- N.C. Bar Association embraces homophobia
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