NC Personal Injury Attorneys Setting the Standard

Pinto Coates Kyre & Brown, PLLC

At the civil litigation firm of Pinto Coates Kyre & Brown, PLLC, we have built a practice that sets us apart from other law firms. Essentially all we do is trial work in civil matters, either defending individuals and companies who are threatened with a lawsuit or are already facing one, or representing an individual or company who has a claim they desire to pursue. Our attorneys handle civil litigation day in and day out, and we have many decades of experience collectively. Our diverse and extensive experience provides a distinct advantage to the clients we represent. Our firm is AV rated by the well-respected and authoritative Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest rating they bestow.

We have built a strong and favorable reputation for being dedicated, knowledgeable, skilled, experienced, and effective litigators, and that includes not only the conduct of trials but also the myriad pretrial activities that are inherent in litigation, and also negotiating efforts that come into play when matters are sought to be resolved by settlement. Our 12 attorneys handle varied and diverse claims in state and federal court, not only for individuals and companies who have been sued, but for those who have claims to pursue. Having worked for clients on both sides of the courtroom, plaintiff and defendant, we have a better understanding of the challenges each case and each side present.

Thank you for accessing our website. Please check us out; view our attorneys’ profile pages, see the various practice areas in which we engage. We see ourselves as setting the standard, and we just may be who you need to help you in the uncertain world of civil litigation.

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Martha P. Brown (336) 282-8848

Martha Brown concentrates her practice on negotiating, litigating, and advising her clients in personal injury actions, workers compensation claims, and insurance coverage disputes. Martha has litigated cases in both state and federal courts in North Carolina and in the North Carolina appellate courts. She also has been involved in all aspects of litigating both complex and routine workers’ compensation claims in front of the North Carolina Industrial Commission.

Legal Decisions of Interest

  • Plaintiff’s appointment as administratrix of a decedent’s estate the day after her complaint was filed and after the statute of limitations had run related back to the filing of the summons and therefore her wrongful death claim was not barred by the statute of limitations. Tallman v. City of Gastonia, No. COA08-1021 (N.C. App. Sept. 15, 2009). Click here for a copy of the case opinion.
  • Punitive damages upheld when Court believed there was sufficient evidence that defendant’s restaurant manager’s conduct was willful and wanton based upon his conduct toward plaintiff at the restaurant. Everhart v. O’Charley’s Inc., No. COA08-1454 (N.C. App. Oct. 6, 2009). Click here for a copy of the case opinion.
  • Plaintiff (representative of deceased employee) failed in her burden of forecasting evidence that a parent company affirmatively undertook to provide a safe working environment at the parent company’s subsidiary plant, beyond concern or minimal contact about safety matters, and the parent company did not assume primary responsibility for industrial safety at the subsidiary’s plant.  Edwards v. GE Lighting Systems, Inc., No. COA09-247 (N.C. App. Nov. 3, 2009). Click here for a copy of the case opinion.
  • Plaintiff allowed to pursue claim to have “corporate veil” pierced of defendant company so that the obligation on a note by individual owning 99% of the stock of the defendant company could be satisfied from assets of defendant company, even though the company did not participate in the making of the note giving rise to the owner’s obligation. Fischer Investment Capital, Inc. v. Catawba Development Corp., No. COA08-1407 (N.C. App. Nov. 3, 2009). Click here for a copy of the case opinion.
  • Homeowners Association did not owe to a minor who was struck while riding his bike by a vehicular driver a legal duty to maintain the foliage in the common area of the housing subdivision. Fairbanks v. Brewington, No. COA09-237 (N.C. App. Jan. 19, 2010).  Click here for a copy of the case opinion.
  • Plaintiff was contributorily negligent when she tripped over an end table at a hospital, and she presented no evidence that her attention was diverted as she was walking. Snow v. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, No. COA09-189 (N.C. App. Jan. 19, 2010). Click here for a copy of the case opinion.
  • Where the Complaint was not frivolous based upon the facts and the law, but because Plaintiff had a history of filing frivolous pleadings in general and against Defendant in particular, the trial court could conclude that Plaintiff filed the Complaint for an improper purpose. Ward v. Jett Properties, LLC, No. COA08-1508 (N.C. App. Feb. 2, 2010). Click here for a copy of the case opinion.
  • Where the plaintiff mother alleged that the city was negligent by failing to comply with safety statutes and city ordinances regulating the maintenance of city streets, obstructions to vision and traffic, and parking regulations, and she did not seek to recover damages for the death of her child based on a law enforcement agency's failure to exercise its general duty to protect the public, she was not barred by the public duty doctrine.  Beckles-Palomares v. Logan, No. COA09-567 (N.C. App. Feb. 2, 2010). Click here for a copy of the case opinion.
  • The improvement-to-real-property statute of repose does not apply to a claim against a city for failing to maintain its streets because a city has the duty to exercise a continuing supervision over its streets in order that it may know their condition and it is held to have knowledge of a defect which such inspection would have disclosed to it. Beckles-Palomares v. Logan, No. COA09-567 (N.C. App. Feb. 2, 2010). Click here for a copy of the case opinion.

Office Location

Phone:
336.282.8848
Fax:
336.282.8409
3203 Brassfield Road Greensboro, NC 27410
NC Personal Injury Lawyers