William Plyler | November 22, 2009
(My father, Beal Brent (B.B.) Plyler, Jr., wrote the following account of his experiences in World War II at the request of Betty McCain and John Hackney, Jr. in 2007. Prior to reading this account, I knew very little about his service in the Navy. I found his account very interesting and reprint it here verbatim. My father [...]
William Plyler | November 13, 2009
The instructor who taught my bar examination review course in 1982 announced that the multiple choice answer “violates due process” would never be a correct answer on the exam. He correctly forecast that “violates due process” would be one of the proffered answers to many of the questions, but he strongly urged us to always [...]
William Plyler | November 7, 2009
The North Carolina Department of Correction may be liable where a probation officer placed a known sex offender in a home with two children who were subsequently sexually assaulted by the sex offender. Blaylock v. N.C. Department of Correction – Division of Community Corrections, (No. COA09-65, filed November 3, 2009), holds that the public duty [...]
William Plyler | November 1, 2009
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals provided the widow of a motorcyclist a second chance in her lawsuit filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act (the “FTCA”). The key issue in Kern v. United States of America, (4th Circuit, No. 08-1287, decided October 29, 2009), was whether federal employee Debra Scott was acting in the course [...]