In another reversal of a trial court decision, a unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals is allowing a woman to move forward with a wrongful death lawsuit against Jonesville and two of its police officers. Plaintiff Vernetta Cockerham-Ellerbee claims the officers bear some legal responsibility for her estranged husband’s murder of her daughter.
A unanimous panel will also allow plaintiffs to continue to seek class action status for a suit against payday lenders.
A unanimous panel has upheld a racial discrimination ruling against the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles.
A unanimous panel has upheld a lower court’s ruling in a child custody fight involving a former chair of the UNC-Chapel Hill faculty.
