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Cyr v. McGovran

Civil Procedure, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit against a seller's real estate agent and broker for professional negligence in failing to assure that the sellers did not grant to their...

E.M.A. v. Cansler

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a contest between the victim of medical malpractice and the State of North Carolina over the proceeds from a lump-sum settlement of the malpractice...

Scharer v. San Luis Rey Equine Hospital, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Professional Malpractice
In a suit against a veterinary hospital and veterinarians for malpractice arising out of the death of the plaintiff's horse, the district court's...

Garcia v. ConMed Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Professional Malpractice
In a product liability action brought after the plaintiff suffered injuries during a tonsillectomy in which a doctor used an electrocautery device...

Valley Forge Insurance Co. v. Field

Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a case in which insurers of a nonprofit agency that provides behavioral health and rehabilitation services sought a declaratory judgment that the...

Crockett & Myers, Ltd. v. Napier, Fitzgerald & Kirby, LLP

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In an appeal from an order of the district court's re-entry of an original quantum meruit award for services rendered in a medical malpractice case,...

Creekmore v. Maryview Hospital

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Medical malpractice judgment is affirmed where the plaintiff's expert witness is found to be qualified to testify as to the standard of care under...

Khodayari v. Mashburn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing appellant's tort complaint against his former counsel in postconviction proceedings,...

Simon v. Usher

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an appeal from a judgment of the appellate division reversing the trial court's grant of defendant's motion to change venue in a medical...

Smith v. Cimmet

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Professional Malpractice, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing a legal malpractice action brought by a successive estate representative on the ground that...