As regular readers of our Charlotte civil litigation blog know, we recently tackled the subject of mechanic’s liens. The post described the types of construction professionals who can obtain a mechanic’s lien when they have not been paid for work performed. The post...
Month: September 2020
Part I: What’s a mechanic’s lien?
Although the term mechanic’s lien sounds as if it refers to a slender person who repairs cars, it has nothing to do with carburetors and everything to do with a legal claim against a property. A mechanic’s lien is typically filed by a contractor who has done work on a...
I’ve been in a car accident. Do I need a lawyer?
Imagine for a moment that you are driving along East Kingston Avenue in Charlotte’s Dilworth neighborhood, enjoying the sights and sounds of a peaceful afternoon. Your reverie is shattered when your vehicle collides with another vehicle in an intersection. You’ve just...
Step 1: Filing a North Carolina personal injury lawsuit
No one begins their day hoping to be seriously injured. No one wants to be hurt in a car crash, in a fall at a hardware store, in an act of violence in a shopping mall parking lot – or in any of the other countless ways in which people are injured through no fault of...
Can you recover attorneys’ fees in a North Carolina lawsuit?
In Charlotte, friendly disputes over basketball, barbeque, politics – and every other possible topic – come and go easily, resolved with smiles. But serious disputes arise here, too, as they do everywhere. In some situations, the two sides are unable to settle their...