North Carolina Commercial Litigation Law
<h2> <center> K. Lee Builders v. Thomas Scott Barnes </h2> </center>
Henderson, North Carolina, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a beach of contract action. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Defendant entered a construction contract with plaintiff, a licensed general contractor. The contract was executed and signed by the parties on or around 1... More...
$ (07-04-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States ex rel. GHGH2, Inc. v. Vsoft Technologies Corporation </h2> </center>
Charlotte, North Carolina civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on behalf of the United States on a qui tam theory. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> GNGH2 Inc. sued Vsoft Corporation claiming that it misrepresented that it was a small business with less than 3... More...
$ (05-08-2026 - NC)U.S. ex rel. Downs v. Insect Shield LLC, et al.
Charlotte, North Carolina, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a False Claims Act violation theory. The United States filed its complaint-in-intervention in December 2023 alleging that Insect Shield LLC, located in North Carolina, and the Estate of Richard Lane, a co-founder and co-owner of Insect Shield, a subcontractor to multiple defense contractors who manufacture Army unif... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind Carol Comfort </h1></h1>
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Young Woman .<br> <br> following a four-day trial, a federal jury in Raleigh convicted Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind Carol Comfort of three counts of sex trafficking following a four day trial.<br> <br> "These depraved reprobates preyed on vulnerable young women to make money from their suffering... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind Carol Comfort </h1></h1>
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking<br> <br> n September 25, 2025, following a four-day trial, a federal jury in Raleigh convicted Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind Carol Comfort of three counts of sex trafficking following a four day trial.<br> <br> "These depraved reprobates preyed on vulnerable young women to make money from their ... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - NC)Tessa Needham, et al. v. Merck & Company, Inc., et al.
Charlotte, North Carolina, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued vaccine related injuries.<br> <br> compensation program for vaccine-related injuries. Generally, a person claiming<br> injury from certain vaccines must first pursue this statutory remedy before suing a vaccine<br> manufacturer. 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-11(a)(2)(A). To do so, a claimant must file a petition in<br> th... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - NC)Joe Manis v. U.S. Department of Agriculature, et al.
Greensboro, North Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking injunctive relief from Department of Agriculture ("USDAâ€) proceedings charging him with violating the Horse Protection Act ("HPAâ€). <br> <br> Tennessee Walking Horses are known for their distinctive, smooth gaits. These<br> horses are entered into horse shows and competitions featuring their gaits. Th... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - NC)Lynne R. Kritter v. Brent Mooring, et al.
Raleight, North Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on wrongful death negligence theories.<br> <br> Eugene Kritter was an experienced helicopter pilot who owned and operated a crop dusting company, Kritter Cropdusting. While crop dusting over a farm in North Carolina, his helicopter collided with a low-hanging steel wire. Kritter was killed in the resulting crash. K... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - NC)Ashley A. Stewart v. Daniel S. Brickman
Charlotte, North Carolina family law divorce lawyers represented the parties.<br> <br> Plaintiff and Defendant were married on 4 April 2012 and are parents of two minor children. Plaintiff and Defendant separated on 8 May 2021. Both parties reside in Mecklenburg County.<br> <br> Plaintiff filed an action for divorce from bed and board, child custody, child support, and sought attorney's fees on 31... More...
$0 (04-20-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Tawaan Batten a/k/a “Slicc†and Kristi Heather King </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with sex trafficking a minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Charlotte Sex Trafficker And Co-Conspirator Are Sentenced To Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Charlotte man and his co-conspirator were charged ... More...
$0 (02-24-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. D’Angelo Taborn; Imani Franco </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Violent Sex Traffickers Sentenced to Combined 39 Years </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> D'Angelo Taborn, of Durham, charged with ... More...
$0 (10-31-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Campbell Oil Company (“Campbell Oilâ€); Executive Aircraft Services, Inc. (“EASâ€); Brian D. Campbell; and David Taylor Stephens </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Alleged Violations of FAA Safety Regulations </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Purported Aircraft Leasing Business Pays $700,000 To Resolve Alleged Violations of FAA Safety Regulations</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <... More...
$0 (03-22-2024 - NC)Malcolm Wiener v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
Charlotte, North Carolina insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Mecklenburg County Superior Court, 18-CVS-1254<br> 4th Circuit, 21-02165, Fourth, 24-01316, and was removed to federal court by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company.<br> <br> Under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade P... More...
$0 (04-17-2024 - NC)Alberta Stewart v. Greensboro College, Inc.
Greensboro, North Carolina commercial litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a breach of contract theory.<br> <br> In order to establish breach of contract, a plaintiff must establish: 1) a valid and enforceable contract; 2) performance by the plaintiff; 3) breach by the defendant; and 4) injury arising as a result of defendant's breach.<br> ... More...
$0 (04-17-2024 - NC)Stephen Ray Fritsch v. Trawler Carolina Lady, Inc.
New Bern, North Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Jones Act negligence theory.<br> <br> "The Jones Act, a federal law enacted in 1920, protects injured seamen by granting them the right to sue their employers for negligence that causes them harm. This law is unique because it provides seafarers with greater legal protections than traditional land... More...
$1 (01-02-2024 - NC)United States of America v. Billy Joe Goines, d/b/a Goines Towing & Recovery
Raleigh, North Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by towing and then selling vehicles without disclosing to the court that they were owned by service members. <br> <br> The SCRA provides a wide variety of financial and housing protections to members of the military. It requires a towing company to file an acc... More...
$0 (12-27-2023 - NC)United States of America v. Chester Fletcher Wallace
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking ring based out of a three-bedroom house located in Durham that he rented from July 2021 until late spring of 2022. <br> <br> Chrester Fletcher Wallace, age 62, recruited women who were homeless or suffering from substance abuse, promising them housing and drugs if they came to live at the res... More...
$0 (11-02-2023 - NC)United States of America v. Robert Matthew Brittain
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with computer fraud.<br> <br> Robert Matthew Brittan, of Lexington, was previously employed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the MDNC as a court management analyst wherein he managed and configured computer products operated by the court's employees. BRITTAIN resigned from this position in April 2022 after ... More...
$0 (05-03-2023 - NC)Brittanie Henry ex rel., United States of America v. Pharmacy Holdings, LLC, et al.
Charlotte, North Carolina whistleblower lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a False Claims Act villaton theory claiming that it knowingly billed federal health care programs for medications that were never dispensed.<br> <br> The United States alleged that, from Jan. 1, 2016, through Dec. 31, 2019, MedCare billed both Medicare Part D and North Carolina Medicaid for 200 prescription... More...
$0 (04-10-2023 - NC)United States of America v. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFBMC)
Greensboro, North Carolina civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of violated the False Claims Act by billing for Medicare reimbursement for physical and occupational theory services provided to patients at the Wilkes SNU that were not supported by documentation.<br> table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Gr... More...
$0 (03-03-2023 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Epic Games, Inc. </H2>
Raleigh, North Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule), and the Federal Trade Commission Act. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northcarolina/news/raleigh/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Raleigh... More...
$0 (12-21-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Chad Cline and BJ Trucking Company, Inc.
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal law lawyers represented Defendants charged with violating the False Claims Act.<br> <br> A jury found Chad Cline and BJ Trucking Company, Inc. liable for $1,679,086 worth of unauthorized fuel purchases under United States Postal Service contracts, in violation of the False Claims Act. The jury also found that while BJ Trucking was insolvent and owed a substantial ... More...
$0 (09-16-2022 - NC)United States et al. ex rel. Bruce Carroll v. BSN Medical, Inc., et al.
Charlotte, North Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act.<br> <br> Charlotte-based BSN Medical Inc. (BSN) has agreed to resolve allegations that it marketed and promoted various products that did not meet the Medicare or Medicaid program's reasonable and necessary requirements, thereby causing the submission of false claims for payment to... More...
$0 (08-25-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Bennie Lee James
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.<br> <br> Bennie James, 44, sold heroin laced with fentanyl in the Leland area of Brunswick County on at least five occasions from May to August 2018. During the course of the investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) learned that James had trafficked more than sixteen kilo... More...
$0 (07-29-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Asheboro Drug Company, Inc., et al.
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with with health care fraud.<br> <br> Asheboro, North Carolina based Asheboro Drug Company, Isaac F. Brady, III and Isaac F. Brady, IV were accused of dispensing controlled substances, including opioids, without taking specific steps to help ensure the drugs will not be abused or diverted.<br> <br> The parties entered i... More...
$0 (07-13-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Billy Efrain Penaranda
Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with using a fraudulently obtained naturalization certificate. Moreover, Penaranda was civilly denaturalized as a U.S. citizen.<br> <br> According to court records, on June 20, 2019, Penaranda knowingly used a fraudulently obtained naturalization certificate to apply for a North Carolina driver's license. On August ... More...
$0 (03-14-2022 - NC)Eternal Sunshine Café v. Samantha Passwaters Frye, Paul Chris Frye, and Edgar Santos-Cardenas
Wilmington, NC: Civil Litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on conversation theories claiming that they wrongfully copied a database of recipes and then deleted it.... More...
$0 (10-29-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Bio-Adhesive Alliance, Inc.
Greensboro, NC: False statements charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Bio-Adhesive Alliance, Inc. Bio-Adhesive was founded in February of 2013 by Employee-1, Employee-2, and Employee-3. Employee-1 is the President and Co-Owner of Bio-Adhesive. At the time of founding until the summer of 2019, Employee-1 was an Assistant Professor in the Applied Engineering and Technology Departmen... More...
$0 (06-14-2021 - NC)United States, ex rel. Rebecca Kovalich v. Preferred Pain Management & Spine Care, P.A. (PPM) and Dr. David Spivey
Greensboro, North Carolina civil litigation business law lawyers represented defendants charged with violating the False Claims Act.<br> <br> Preferred Pain Management & Spine Care, P.A. (PPM) and its owner, Dr. David Spivey, have agreed to pay $789,292.95 to resolve civil allegations that PPM violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs for m... More...
$0 (05-04-2021 - NC)United States of America v. India Tykeyah-Najee Cuyler, a/k/a “Lady Tank†and Donnell Salethian Woodard, a/k/a “Tankâ€
Columbia, SC - Human sex trafficking charge criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, India Tykeyah-Najee Cuyler, a/k/a "Lady Tank†and Donnell Salethian Woodard, a/k/a "Tank," who were charged with using a facility of interstate commerce to entice a minor under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity.<br> <br> "The cruelty of sex trafficking is hard to comprehend, and it must be ... More...
$0 (03-18-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Pacific Carriers Limited
New Bern, North Carolina environmental law criminal defense lawyer represented Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL), a Singapore-based company that owns subsidiaries engaged in international shipping was charged with to violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, obstruction of justice, and for a failure to notify the U.S. Coast Guard of a hazardous condition on the Motor Vessel (M/V) Pac An... More...
$0 (12-02-2020 - NC)United States of America v. Xaver M. Boston
Charlotte, North Carolina sex trafficking criminal defense lawyer represented Xaver Montez Boston, age 31, with Evidence presented during the three-day trial, including the testimony of three of the four victims identified in the indictment by their initials, revealed that Boston, who served in the U.S. Army as a reserve military policeman, operated an extensive sex trafficking enterprise in the C... More...
$0 (10-23-2020 - NC)Antonia Cotler v. Allstate Insurance Company
Charlotte, North Carolina civil litigation lawyer presented plaintiff who sued for breach of insurance contract.<br> <br> Antonia Cotler sued Allstate Insurance Company on a breach of insurance contract theory. <br> <br> This case was filed in the Superior Court, Union County, 20-CVS-02, and was removed to federal court by Allstate.... More...
$1 (09-30-2020 - NC)Stephen E. Davis, Jr. v. Dell Short Term Disability Plan
Greenville, North Carolina civil litigation lawyer represented plaintiff on a breach of insurance contract claim.<br> <br> Stephen E. Davis, Jr. sued Dell Short Term Disability Plan on a breach of insurance E.R.I.S.A., 28 U.S.C. 1132 violation theory.... More...
$1 (10-04-2020 - NC)Janice Cesil v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Raleigh, North Carolina civil litigation lawyer represented plaintiff on a breach of insurance contract claim.<br> <br> Janice Cesil, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of George Cesil, sued Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Lee Electrical Construction, Inc. on a breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Superior Court, Bertie County, 20-CVS-6, ... More...
$1 (09-25-2020 - NC)United States of America v. Jeffrey A. Styron
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Raleigh_NC_Fed.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Raleigh, NC - The United States of America charged Jeffrey A. Styron caused Garland F. Fulcher Seafood Company, Inc. of violating the Lacey Act by falsely label hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of foreign crabmeat as “Product of USA.”<br> <br> According to i... More...
$0 (09-04-2020 - NC)United States of America v. Robert L. Crocker and Farmville Discount Drug, Inc.
Raleigh, NC - The United States of America sued Robert L. Crocker and Farmville Discount Drug, Inc. seeking a permanent injunction ordering the Defendants to never again sell opioid drugs.<br> <br> A consent judgment and permanent injunction was entered requiring a North Carolina pharmacy, FARMVILLE DISCOUNT DRUG, INC., as well as its owner and pharmacist-in-charge, ROBERT L. CROCKER, to pay $600,... More...
$0 (02-04-2020 - NC)United States of America v. William Juel
<center><br> <img width="200" src="http://www.nced.uscourts.gov/images/courtlocations/greenville.jpg"><br> </center><br> Greenville, NC - Captain Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Coast Guard Investigation<br> <br> WILLIAM JUEL, 51, of Little River, South Carolina plea guilty to obstructing a Coast Guard investigation at sea in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2232 and 2.<br> <br> Ac... More...
$0 (07-23-2019 - NC)<cente> Lewis A. Brandon, III v. The City of Greensboro
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncmd.uscourts.gov/sites/ncmd/files/lrp.JPG"><br> </center><br> <br> After eight voting citizens of Greensboro, North Carolina, (“Citizens”) prevailed in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Guilford County Board of Elections, successfully challenging as unconstitutional a 2015 state law that redrew Greensboro City Council districts and obt... More...
$0 (04-15-2019 - NC)United States of America, ex rel. Thomas v. Duke University
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncmd.uscourts.gov/sites/ncmd/files/lrp.JPG"><br> </center><br> <br> Duke University Agrees to Pay U.S. $112.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to Scientific Research Misconduct<br> Duke University has agreed to pay the government $112.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting applications... More...
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