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Rick Pinto Selected for Numerous Honors
Rick Pinto has been selected a North Carolina Super Lawyer® in Insurance Coverage, an honor he has repeated every year since 2006.

Ken Kyre Selected as NC Super Lawyer for 4th Consecutive Year
Ken Kyre has been selected as a North Carolina Super Lawyer® in Civil Litigation Defense, with this being his fourth straight year so selected.

Paul Coates Selected for “Best Lawyers in America” for Third Consecutive Year
Paul Coates has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America®. This is the third straight year he has been selected.

David Brown Selected as Super Lawyer
David Brown has been selected as a North Carolina Super Lawyer® in Insurance Law, and he, too, has been so selected for multiple years.

PCKB Law Prevails in the NC Supreme Court
A PCKB client recently prevailed in the Supreme Court of North Carolina in the extremely significant insurance coverage case of Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. v. Buzz Off Insect Shield LLC, 364 N.C. 1, 692 S.E.2d 605 (2010).

PCKB Obtains Dismissal in Dorman v. Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co.
Another PCKB client recently obtained a dismissal of a case filed against it in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

PCKB Wins Summary Judgement in Insurance Case
Another PCKB client recently won summary judgment in a case filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

David Brown Speaks at Litigation Management Seminar
David Brown spoke in May at a Council on Litigation Management seminar to insurance claims professionals in Charlotte, NC.

Martha Brown selected “Legal Elite”
Martha Brown has been selected by the Business North Carolina magazine as a member of the "Legal Elite."

Deb Bowers speaks with Guilford Paralegal Association
In May Deb Bowers gave a talk to the Guilford Paralegal Association on the topic of "Construction Defect Litigation - The Nuts and Bolts."

Legal Decisions of Interest

  • The N.C. Supreme Court held that a liability insurance company had no duty to defend its insured in a trademark infringement action where the claims asserted were not covered by the CGL policy because the claims that the insured misrepresented … Continue reading →
  • Unfair and deceptive dealings among business partners are not deemed as having occurred “in commerce” and hence they do not give rise to a claim between such partners under the Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act.  White v. Thompson, No. … Continue reading →
  • Appeal to the Court of Appeals was dismissed because the appellant failed to serve parties in the case who did not appeal. Lee v. Winget Road, LLC, No. COA09-828 (N.C. App. May 18, 2010).  Click here for a copy of … Continue reading →
  • Where a county’s liability insurance policy excluded coverage of any claim that would be barred by governmental immunity, that county has not waived the governmental immunity defense even though it had purchased the liability insurance policy. Estate of Early v. … Continue reading →
  • An employer is not liable for an injury caused by an off-duty employee even though the negligent act of the employee and the resulting injury occurred on the employer’s premises.  Matthews v. Food Lion, LLC, No. COA10-73 (N.C. App. July … Continue reading →
  • The appellate court reiterated the established principle that a plaintiff who brings a personal injury action alleging that he sustained and will continue to suffer physical and mental/emotional pain has impliedly waived his physician-patient privilege.  Lowd v. Reynolds, No. COA09-505 … Continue reading →
  • The trial court properly ordered that one of two contested wills be deemed the valid and enforceable one without a trial as a sanction for one of the party’s failure to comply with a court order to respond to written … Continue reading →
  • A claim involving an alleged invalid warrant was properly dismissed for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) where the Complaint set for merely the conclusory allegation that the warrant was insufficient, and there were no allegations explaining … Continue reading →

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