Read about recently filed briefs on our blog.

Jenkins v. Hearn Vascular Surgery P.A., Amicus Brief on behalf of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, North Carolina Court of Appeals, No. COA 11-454, August 1, 2011. (prenatal medical malpractice)

Craig v. New Hanover County Board of Education, Plaintiff-Appellant’s Brief, North Carolina Supreme Court, No. 484PA07, April 7, 2008 (sovereign immunity and State constitutional claims)

O’Mara v. Wake Forest University Health Services, Amicus Brief on behalf of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, North Carolina Supreme Court, No. 414PA07, January 7, 2008 (expert testimony in medical malpractice case)

Heatzig v. MacLean, Plaintiff-Appellee’s Brief, North Carolina Court of Appeals, No. 07–875, November 13, 2007 (non-biological parent custody rights)

Fu v. UNC Chapel Hill, Plaintiff-Appellee’s Brief, North Carolina Court of Appeals, No. COA07-654, September 13, 2007 (occupational disease claim in workers’ compensation case)

Faulkner v. Health Management Associates, Plaintiff’s Brief, Franklin County Superior Court, No. 03-CVS 271, August 15, 2005 (punitive damages in medical malpractice case)

Whitt v. Harris Teeter, Amicus Brief on behalf of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Southern States Police Benevolent Association, Inc., North Carolina Police Benevolent Association, Inc., and North Carolina Association of Educators, Supreme Court of North Carolina, No. 416A04, February 2005 (constructive wrongful discharge in violation of public policy)

State v. Carmen, Amicus Brief on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Inc., Supreme Court of North Carolina, No. 153A03, May 19, 2003 (suppression of involuntary statement in criminal case)

Best v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Amicus Brief on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Inc. and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Supreme Court of North Carolina, No. 277 A02, August 5, 2002 (drug testing of government employees

Kelly v. Carteret County Board of Education, et al., Amicus Brief on behalf of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Supreme Court of North Carolina, No. 139A02, May 16, 2002 (wrongful discharge in violation of public policy)