North Carolina Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of North Carolina or Court of Appeals of North Carolina where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Anderson v. Demolition Dynamics - 2/15/2000
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment entered 2 July 1998 by Judge W. Erwin Spainhour in Guilford County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 19 August 1999.
Plaintiff David A. Anderson, ancillary administrator of the estate...
Gaston County Dyeing Machine Co. v. Northfield Insurance Co. - 2/4/2000
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a decision of the Court of Appeals, 131 N.C. App. 438, 509 S.E.2d 778 (1998), affirming in part, reversing in part, and remanding an order signed 3 February 1997 by Jones (Julia...
Cullen v. Carolina Healthcare Systems - 2/1/2000
Appeal by plaintiffs from order taxing costs entered 8 March 1999 by Judge L. Oliver Noble, Jr., in Mecklenburg County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 5 January 2000.
On 3 June 1997, plaintiffs filed this medical...
McCrary v. Byrd - 2/1/2000
Appeal by plaintiff from orders entered 28 July 1998 and 7 December 1998 by Judge Preston Cornelius in Guilford County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 5 January 2000.
Suzanne English McCrary (plaintiff) is a...
Clark v. Visiting Health Professionals - 2/1/2000
Appeal by defendant and third-party plaintiffs from order entered 12 November 1998 by Judge Richard L. Doughton in Yancey County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 28 October 1999.
Visiting Health Professionals, Inc....
Taylor v. Vencor - 2/1/2000
Appeal by plaintiffs from judgment entered 6 November 1998 and filed 10 November 1998 by Judge Narley L. Cashwell in Wake County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 26 October 1999.
Plaintiff Carol Taylor filed this...
Royal v. Armstrong - 2/1/2000
Appeal by plaintiffs from judgment entered 25 August 1998 by Judge Robert L. Farmer in Johnston County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 28 October 1999.
Plaintiffs appeal the trial court's grant of defendants' motion...
Hixson v. Krebs - 12/21/1999
Appeal by petitioner from order entered 15 December 1998 by Judge W. Osmond Smith in Granville County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 28 October 1999.
Petitioner Ross E. Hixson, Jr. appeals from an order of summary...
Benton v. HillCrest Foods - 12/21/1999
Appeal by plaintiffs and defendants from judgment entered 9 February 1998 by Judge Claude S. Sitton in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 31 March 1999.
On the morning of 11 July 1993, at...
Brannock v. Brannock - 12/7/1999
Filed: 7 December 1999
Appeal by defendant from summary judgment entered 25 June 1998 by Judge A. Moses Massey in Surry County District Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 12 May 1999.
Defendant appeals the trial court's...
Wrenn v. Maria Parham Hospital - 12/7/1999
Filed: 7 December 1999
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment entered 16 October 1998 by Judge Henry W. Hight, Jr., in Durham County Superior Court. Heard in the court of Appeals 23 September 1999.
On 4 September 1989, Carolyn...
Matthews v. Food Lion - 12/7/1999
Filed: 7 December 1999
Appeal by defendant from judgment entered 19 August 1998 by Judge Orlando Hudson in Lee County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 25 October 1999.
This case arises from a slip-and-fall...
Wolfe v. Shipyard - 12/7/1999
Filed: 7 December 1999
Appeal by defendants from judgment filed 4 June 1998 and from orders filed 4 June 1998 by Judge Carl L. Tilghman in New Hanover County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 5 October 1999. ...
Clayton v. Burnett - 12/7/1999
Filed: 7 December 1999
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment entered 24 September 1998 by Judge Dennis J. Winner in Jackson County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 22 September 1999.
This case arises out of an...
Sharpe v. Worland - 12/3/1999
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 132 N.C. App. 223, 511 S.E.2d 35 (1999), dismissing as interlocutory the appeal of a 24 February 1998 order entered by Freeman, J.,...
Timmons v. North Carolina Dept. of Transportation - 12/3/1999
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 132 N.C. App. 377, 511 S.E.2d 659 (1999), affirming its holding in a prior decision of this case reported at 130 N.C. App. 745, 504...
Bailey v. Gitt - 9/21/1999
Appeal by plaintiffs from judgments entered 20 May 1998 by Judge H. W. Zimmerman, Jr., in Surry County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 25 August 1999.
Plaintiffs brought this action alleging that the negligence of...
Reese v. Barbee - 9/7/1999
Appeal by plaintiff from order entered 14 September 1998 by Judge B. Craig Ellis in Wake County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 16 August 1999.
Plaintiff appeals the trial court's order allowing unnamed defendant...
Garner v. Rentenbach Constructors Inc. - 6/25/1999
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 129 N.C. App. 624, 501 S.E.2d 83 (1998), reversing an order entered by McHugh, J., on 27 February 1997 in Superior Court, Guilford...
Dunkley v. Shoemate - 6/25/1999
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 129 N.C. App. 255, 497 S.E.2d 713 (1998), reversing an order entered 26 July 1996 by Battle, J., in Superior Court, Orange County,...
Hoisington v. Zt-Winston-Salem Associates - 6/15/1999
Appeal by plaintiff; defendants and third-party plaintiffs Zaremba Group Incorporated, ZT-Winston-Salem Associates, Zaremba Associates Limited Partnership, Zaremba Realty Corporation, Toys "R" Us-Delaware, Inc., and Winston-Salem...
Webb v. Nash Hospitals Inc. - 6/15/1999
Appeal by plaintiffs from judgment entered 24 June 1998 by Judge George L. Wainwright, Jr., in Nash County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 17 May 1999.
This is an action for medical malpractice, in which plaintiff...
Massengill v. Duke University Medical Center - 5/18/1999
Appeal by plaintiff James D. Massengill from judgment entered 21 July 1998 by Judge Dexter Brooks, Superior Court, Johnston County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 29 April 1999.
On 6 June 1995, Jamie Massengill was admitted to...
Mehovic v. Mehovic - 5/4/1999
Appeal by defendants from order entered 13 May 1997 by Judge J. Marlene Hyatt in McDowell County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 21 April 1998.
Defendants appeal the trial court's order denying their motions to set...
Dishmond v. International Paper Co. - 3/16/1999
Appeal by plaintiff from Opinion and Award for the Full Commission entered 13 April 1998. Heard in the Court of Appeals 28 January 1999.
Plaintiff was employed by defendant, International Paper Company, as a forklift operator....
Progressive American Insurance Co. v. Vasquez - 3/8/1999
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 129 N.C. App. 742, 502 S.E.2d 10 (1998), affirming in part and reversing in part an order entered by Stephens (Donald W.), J., on 3...
Poe v. Atlas-Soundelier/American Trading & Production Corp. - 3/2/1999
Appeal by plaintiff from summary judgment entered 19 February 1998 by Judge B. Craig Ellis in Scotland County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 28 January 1999.
Plaintiff Anthony Poe was one of approximately 100...
Floyd v. First Citizens Bank - 3/2/1999
Appeal by defendant from opinion and award entered 19 February 1998 by the N.C. Industrial Commission. Heard in the Court of Appeals 4 January 1999.
Plaintiff was employed by defendant in December 1993 when she slipped and fell...
Bartell v. Sawyer - 3/2/1999
Appeal by defendants from opinion and award entered 12 February 1998 by the North Carolina Industrial Commission. Heard in the Court of Appeals 29 October 1998.
Defendants appeal from an opinion and award of the North Carolina...
Fortune Insurance Co. v. Owens - 3/2/1999
Appeal by defendants Johna R. Hart and Louis L. Gilmore from judgment filed 6 October 1997 and from amended judgment filed 13 October 1997 by Judge Claude S. Sitton in Mecklenburg County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 27...
Robinson v. Entwistle - 3/2/1999
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment entered 9 December 1997 by Judge James C. Davis in Cabarrus County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 6 January 1999.
The decedent, William J. Robinson, Sr., died on 18 August 1994. On...
Wall v. Macfield/Unifi - 12/29/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from opinion and award entered 9 January 1998 by the North Carolina Industrial Commission. Heard in the Court of Appeals 26 October 1998.
Plaintiff worked for defendant, Macfield, as a texturing operator from...
Glass v. Glass - 12/29/1998
Appeal by defendant from alimony and child support order entered 4 March 1997 by Judge Fred M. Morelock in Wake County District Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 17 November 1998.
Margaret S. Glass (plaintiff) and J. Carter...
Riddick v. Myers - 12/29/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment entered 8 October 1997 by Judge James R. Vosburgh in Dare County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 17 November 1998.
On 17 March 1995, plaintiff Jimmie Stacey Riddick, a North...
Friedland v. Gales - 12/29/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from order entered 6 November 1997 by Judge Forrest D. Bridges in Mecklenburg County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 18 November 1998.
Plaintiff filed this wrongful death action on 29 March 1996...
Terrell v. Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. - 12/15/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from order filed 20 May 1997 by Judge Narley L. Cashwell in Wake County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 30 March 1998.
Plaintiff appeals from the trial court's order dismissing her complaint. ...
Kephart v. Pendergraph - 12/15/1998
Appeal by defendants from order filed 20 March 1997 by Judge Ronald K. Payne in Mecklenburg County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 18 February 1998.
Defendants appeal the trial court's denial of their motion for...
Terrell v. Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company - 12/15/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from order filed 20 May 1997 by Judge Narley L. Cashwell in Wake County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 30 March 1998.
Plaintiff appeals from the trial court's order dismissing her complaint. ...
Albrecht v. Dorsett - 12/1/1998
Appeal by plaintiffs from judgment entered 17 December 1996 by Judge L. Todd Burke in Forsyth County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 3 June 1998.
Plaintiffs, Dr. Gary Robert Albrecht, Dr. Jane White Albrecht, and...
Timour v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital - 12/1/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from order filed 9 April 1997 by Judge W. Russell Duke, Jr., in Pitt County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 26 February 1998.
Plaintiff appeals from order of the trial court dismissing her suit...
Gbye v. Gbye - 8/18/1998
Appeal by plaintiff-appellant from order entered 10 July 1997 by judge James C. Spencer, Jr. in Alamance County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 30 April 1998.
In actions arising in tort, the doctrine of lex loci...
Lewis v. Setty - 8/18/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from order filed 7 August 1997 by Judge W. Osmond Smith, III, in Forsyth County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 3 June 1998.
Jackie E. Lewis (plaintiff) appeals from the trial court's grant of...
Taylor v. Cadle - 8/4/1998
Appeal by defendant from judgment entered 8 April 1997 by Judge David A. Leech in Pitt County District Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 2 June 1998.
On 28 July 1995, defendant was involved in an automobile accident with a...
Barber v. Constien - 8/4/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment entered 2 November 1995 by Judge Joe Freeman Britt in Martin County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 27 August 1997.
In this wrongful death action, the sole issue on appeal is...
State v. Green - 7/30/1998
On review of a substantial constitutional question, pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(1), of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 124 N.C. App. 269, 477 S.E.2d 182 (1996), affirming judgments entered upon defendant's convictions of...
Reese v. Barbee - 6/16/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from order entered 17 June 1997 by Judge Stafford G. Bullock in Wake County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 19 March 1998.
Plaintiff commenced this action on 26 July 1996 seeking damages for the...
Teague v. Randolph Surgical Associates - 6/16/1998
Appeal by both parties from judgment entered 16 March 1995 by Judge James M. Webb in Union County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 19 February 1998.
Plaintiffs brought this action alleging claims for medical...
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Fortin - 6/16/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment entered 18 July 1997 and order entered 22 August 1997 by Judge Henry V. Barnette, Jr. in Durham County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 30 April 1998.
Plaintiff filed this action on...
Calhoun v. Wayne Dennis Heating & Air Conditioning - 6/16/1998
Appeal by defendants from judgment filed 8 July 1997 by Judge L. Todd Burke in Guilford County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 13 May 1998.
Wayne Dennis Heating & Air Conditioning (Wayne Dennis) and Key Risk...
Caudill v. Dellinger - 6/16/1998
Appeal by plaintiff Shannon Caudill from orders entered 19 May 1997 and 3 June 1997, and appeal by defendant James L. Dellinger from the order entered 3 June 1997, all by Judge C. Preston Cornelius in Surry County Superior Court. Heard...
Isenhour v. Hutto - 6/2/1998
Appeal by defendants City of Charlotte and Robbie Faye Morrison from order entered 8 April 1997 by the Honorable John M. Gardner in Mecklenburg County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 18 February 1998.
Under the...
Stafford v. Baker - 6/2/1998
Appeal by plaintiffs-appellants from order entered 13 January 1997 by Judge H. W. Zimmerman, Jr. in Forsyth County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 6 January 1998.
In North Carolina, there are two exceptions to the...
Weatherford v. Glassman - 6/2/1998
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment entered 15 April 1997 by Judge Raymond A. Warren in Henderson County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 17 March 1998.
In December of 1989, plaintiff consulted defendant regarding...
State of North Carolina v. Stockton - 5/19/1998
Plaintiff State of North Carolina, on relation of Commissioner of Insurance James E. Long (Commissioner Long), acting as liquidator of the Investment Life Insurance Company of America (ILA), appeals the trial court's grant of...
State v. Stockton - 5/19/1998
Plaintiff State of North Carolina, on relation of Commissioner of Insurance James E. Long (Commissioner Long), acting as liquidator of the Investment Life Insurance Company of America (ILA), appeals the trial court's grant of...
Jones v. Asheville Radiological Group - 5/19/1998
Plaintiff is a 45-year-old woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989. Her claims in this case arose in connection with a medical malpractice action (the underlying action) she filed against her obstetrician and gynecologist...
Pearson v. C.P. Buckner Steel Erection Co. - 5/8/1998
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a decision of the Court of Appeals, 126 N.C. App. 745, 486 S.E.2d 723 (1997), reversing an order of the Industrial Commission entered 19 December 1995. Heard in the Supreme Court...
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ditillo - 5/8/1998
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 125 N.C. App. 701, 482 S.E.2d 743 (1997), affirming in part and reversing in part a judgment entered 1 February 1996 by Helms (William...
Keith v. Northern Hospital District of Surry County - 5/5/1998
Judy Ann Keith (plaintiff) appeals from an order of the trial court denying her motion to amend her complaint and dismissing her action against Northern Hospital District of Surry County (defendant).
The facts are as follows: On...
Moore v. Coachmen Industries Inc. - 5/5/1998
This action for negligence and breach of implied and express warranties flows from the purchase and eventual destruction of a certain recreational vehicle. Plaintiffs Luther Deleon Moore and Sudie Marie Moore purchased a new 1989...
Hastings v. Seegars Fence Co. - 12/16/1997
MARTIN, John C., Judge.
Plaintiff, who is the mother of and guardian ad litem for the minor plaintiff, brought this action against defendant Seegars Fence Company and the Pitt County School Board to recover compensatory and...
Sloan v. Miller Building Corp. - 12/2/1997
MARTIN, John C., Judge.
Defendant Miller Building Corporation appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding that plaintiff, Landon W. Sloan, Jr., was injured by defendant's willful or wanton negligence and awarding...
Fieldcrest Cannon Inc. v. Fireman''s Fund Insurance Co. - 11/18/1997
PER CURIAM.
Only the facts necessary for determination of the issue on rehearing are set out here. For a more complete statement of the facts of this case, see this Court's previous opinion at 124 N.C. App. 232, 477 S.E.2d 59...
Gordon v. Garner - 11/18/1997
WYNN, Judge.
Under North Carolina law, vicarious and independent acts of negligence may be a basis for third party liability. In this case, the plaintiff, whose vehicle was struck by a trucker, sought recovery from the companies...
State v. Ruff - 11/4/1997
WYNN, Judge.
In this appeal, the defendant contests only the sentencing phase of his trial. He contends that trial court erred in: (1) finding as an aggravating factor that the offenses he committed were done with premeditation...
Erie Insurance Group v. Buckner - 9/16/1997
WYNN, Judge.
Erie Insurance Group ("Erie") brought this declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration of its rights and duties under a homeowner's insurance policy issued to Donald R. Buckner. This controversy arises out of...
Meyer v. Walls - 9/5/1997
ORR, Justice.
On 9 February 1992, decedent Clearman I. Frisbee committed suicide by placing an explosive blasting cap in his mouth and detonating it with a battery. More than two years prior to Mr. Frisbee's death, the Buncombe...
Fieldcrest Cannon Inc. v. Fireman''s Fund Insurance Co. - 9/2/1997
PER CURIAM.
Only the facts necessary for determination of the issue on rehearing are set out here. For a more complete statement of the facts of this case, see this Court's previous opinion at 124 N.C. App. 232, 477 S.E.2d 59...
Al-Hourani v. Ashley - 6/17/1997
On 13 April 1995 plaintiff, administrator of his brother's estate, filed a wrongful death suit against defendants for the death of his brother, Walid Al-Hourani, alleging, in pertinent part:
7. Plaintiff is informed, believes,...
Russell v. Adams - 3/18/1997
GREENE, Judge.
Anne Russell (plaintiff) appeals the dismissal pursuant to N.C. Gen Stat. § 1A, Rule 12(b)(6) (1996) of her complaint which alleged that Dr. Donald Adams (Dr. Adams), a licensed psychologist in North Carolina, had...
Brafford v. Brafford''s Construction Co. - 3/18/1997
WYNN, Judge.
In 1991, the Industrial Commission approved as compensable plaintiff Jerry M. Brafford's claim for a back injury of 18 November 1990, arising out of and in the course of his employment with defendant Brafford's...
G.P. Publications Inc. v. Quebecor Printing - 3/4/1997
WYNN, Judge.
Plaintiffs G.P. Publications, Inc. ("G.P.") and Technology Funding Secured Investors II ("TFSI II") filed a complaint against defendants Quebecor Printing - St. Paul, Inc. ("Quebecor") and Signal Research, Inc....
Cobo v. Raba - 2/18/1997
GREENE, Judge.
Ernest Raba (defendant) appeals a judgment entered against him in the amount of $850,000 after a jury found that Michael Cobo (Cobo) was injured by defendant's negligence.
Defendant is a psychiatrist...
Tise v. Yates Construction Co. - 2/10/1997
FRYE, Justice.
This case arose out of an accident involving two Winston-Salem police officers that resulted in the death of one police officer and the serious injury of the other. The following facts and circumstances are...
Cicogna v. Holder - 2/10/1997
The plaintiff brought this action to recover for personal injury and property damage received in a collision between her automobile and a pickup truck driven by the defendant. The plaintiff testified that on 20 September 1992, she was...
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