North Carolina Appeals Court News

Widow Bound by Exclusive Remedy in Band-Saw Fatality, NC Court Finds

A longtime worker at a North Carolina furniture products company, described as a model employee, died in 2020 under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Co-workers described hearing a “strange noise” as Rodney Baker was cleaning around a running band saw machine. Baker …

University of North Carolina, Plaintiffs Square Off Again Over Academic Lawsuit

Attorneys for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and athletes who played for the school argued in a state court on Friday whether a lawsuit filed against the school in connection with an academic scandal should be dismissed. …

North Carolina Appeals Court Refuses to Revive UNC Academic Sham Suit

A North Carolina appeals court won’t revive a lawsuit by two former athletes who say they were harmed by sham classes at the University of North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a Charlotte-area judge properly …

North Carolina Appeals Court Rules UNC Violated Tenure Rules in Professor Firing

A state appeals court has ruled that the University of North Carolina didn’t follow proper procedures when it suspended and ultimately fired a tenured physics professor convicted of smuggling drugs in Argentina. The Court of Appeals ruled this week that …