William Plyler | February 23, 2010
(Robert McMillan, senior partner in McMillan Smith & Plyler, has practiced law in Raleigh, N.C. for over 50 years. He graciously has allowed me to publish some of his favorite law stories, one of which appears below. Other stories written by Robert McMillan will be posted periodically.)
Upon graduation from Wake Forest Law School in the [...]
William Plyler | February 16, 2010
The North Carolina Court of Appeals held today in Cury v. Mitchell, (COA09-238, filed February 16, 2010) that a woman may sue her ex-boyfriend for a $25,000 contribution she made toward the purchase of a house titled in his name. In reversing the trial court’s dismissal of the lawsuit, the appellate court held that the [...]
William Plyler | February 9, 2010
The fact that an idea is promoted by Republicans should not relegate the idea to the dung heap. George Will’s column in yesterday’s Washington Post, How To Get The Country To Solvency On Entitlements, extols the virtues of Republican Congressman Paul Ryan’s outline for budget reform entitled Roadmap For America’s Future. The Roadmap includes a [...]
William Plyler | February 2, 2010
The North Carolina Court of Appeals, in Beckles-Palomares v. Logan et al, (No. COA09-567, filed Feb. 2, 2010) held that the City of Winston-Salem may be liable for failing to keep its streets free of unnecessary obstructions. A seven year old boy on his bicycle was killed when a drunk driver struck him on a [...]