William Plyler | July 22, 2010
Two Haywood County Deputy Sheriffs who allegedly injured the plaintiff by jerking his arms behind him and slamming him into a wall are entitled to summary judgment, resulting in the dismissal of the claims against them. This was the holding of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in Owen v. Haywood County, et al, (COA09-929, [...]
William Plyler | June 20, 2010
The male physician-owner of a Hickory, NC medical clinic recently showed some gall in defending a sexual harassment lawsuit brought on behalf of a female physician at the clinic. He argued that he was a boorish jerk to everyone, women and men alike, and that his consistently vulgar comments were not directed exclusively to women. [...]
William Plyler | October 5, 2009
Two recent front page articles in the Raleigh News and Observer, “State Pays $3.9 Million For Wrongful Conviction” (October 2, 2009) and “Gell Investigator Ignored Blatant Clues” (October 4, 2009) focus on egregious conduct by SBI agent Dwight Ransome. Ransome failed to disclose exculpatory evidence to Alan Gell’s defense attorneys before Gell’s first capital murder [...]
William Plyler | October 5, 2009
Two recent front page articles in the Raleigh News and Observer, “State Pays $3.9 Million For Wrongful Conviction” (October 2, 2009) and “Gell Investigator Ignored Blatant Clues” (October 4, 2009) focus on egregious conduct by SBI agent Dwight Ransome. Ransome failed to disclose exculpatory evidence to Alan Gell’s defense attorneys before Gell’s first capital murder [...]