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Automobile
Liability/UIM
Appellate Practice
Construction
Liability
Coverage
Litigation
Environmental
Liability
General Liability
Health Care
Licensing Board Matters
Legal Liability
and Partnership Issues
Mediation
Medical
Malpractice
Nursing Home
Liability
Pharmaceutical
Liability
Selective
Plaintiff’s Litigation
Automobile Liability/UIM
The firm’s practice includes the representation of major insurance carriers and their insureds
in defense of motor vehicle liability cases, including
motorcycle liability. The firm has a specific emphasis on UM and
UIM claims.
Attorneys Practicing:
Rod Pettey,
John Honeycutt,
Sean Partrick,
Jennifer Maldonado,
Brian Williams,
BIlly Kesler,
David Fothergill,
Michael Gruman
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Appellate Practice
Yates, McLamb & Weyher, LLP has extensive experience handling
appeals before the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the North
Carolina Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit. The firm is retained on a regular basis
to prepare amicus briefs and to handle or assist on appeals of matters that were
originally handled by another law firm. Often, a “fresh look”
can be invaluable when a case is appealed. The firm has been
involved in appeals in all areas of its practice including
professional malpractice, insurance coverage and general
liability cases.
Attorneys Practicing:
Bonnie Weyher,
Rod Pettey,
John Minier,
Mike Hurley,
Maria
Wood,
Billy Kesler,
Carl Younger
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Construction Liability
The defense of general contractors and subcontractors statewide in construction defect claims and workplace accidents is a significant area of the firm’s practice. Construction defect cases include residential and large, multimillion-dollar commercial projects
as well as roadway construction. In addition to construction defect litigation, an important part of the firm’s practice is defending contractors in catastrophic personal-injury and wrongful-death claims arising from construction operations. This area of practice also includes litigating indemnity and insurance coverage issues associated with defense of such claims.
Attorneys Practicing:
Rod Pettey, John
Honeycutt,
Sean Partrick, Brian Williams,
Jennifer Maldonado,
Billy Kesler,
Michael Gruman,
David
Fothergill
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Coverage Litigation
Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P. represents major insurance carriers and insureds in significant coverage litigation in state and federal courts involving automobile and general liability policies, medical liability, legal liability, errors and omissions and builders risk policies. In addition, the firm routinely represents self-funded trusts on a variety of issues affecting member coverage. Coverage issues handled by the firm have included, for example, "own work" and "impaired property" issues, sexual torts and intentional-acts exclusions, uninsured/underinsured coverage, material misrepresentations, arson, "other insurance" clauses and excess insurance drop-down issues.
Attorneys Practicing:
Bonnie Weyher,
Rod Pettey, John Honeycutt,
Sean Partrick,
Jennifer Maldonado,
Maria Wood,
David Fothergill
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Environmental Liability
A significant and growing area of the firm’s practice is the representation of residential property owners, public schools systems and governmental agencies in the defense of toxic-exposure injury claims. The firm has successfully litigated lead paint and toxic mold exposure claims. The firm’s extensive experience and resources in the medical malpractice area have proven to be invaluable in the defense of these matters.
Attorneys Practicing:
Rod Pettey, John Honeycutt,
Jennifer Maldonado,
Michael Gruman
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General Liability
The firm represents commercial general liability carriers,
homeowners’ carriers, and their insureds in defense of all types
of tort claims. Cases in which the firm has been involved have
included issues of premises security, premises liability, dram
shop and social host liability, product defect, school
and municipal liability, copyright infringement, sexual assault and
harassment, libel and slander, and malicious prosecution.
Attorneys Practicing:
Rod Pettey,
John Honeycutt,
Erin Young,
Brian Williams,
Sean Partrick,
Billy Kesler,
Bo Thompson,
Michael Gruman,
Jennifer Maldonado, David Fothergill
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Health Care Licensing Board Matters
The firm's attorneys have
experience assisting health care providers in responding to
complaints and charges before the North Carolina Medical Board,
the North Carolina Dental Board, the North Carolina Board of
Pharmacy, and the North Carolina Nursing Board. The firm can help
health care providers at all stages of board actions, from
representing them at investigative interviews and assisting with
written responses to patient complaints to full hearings before
the boards.
Attorneys
Practicing:
John Minier,
Barry Cobb,
Shirley Pruitt,
Jason Newton,
Heather Wilson
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Legal Liability and Partnership Issues
The firm represents law firms throughout North Carolina with
respect to issues involving legal liability, as well as
partnership disputes. Clients have included multi-state and
multi-national firms as well as individual practitioners. Cases
in which the firm has been involved include the practice areas
of commercial and residential real estate, securities, civil
litigation, business, and domestic law.
Attorneys Practicing:
Dan McLamb, Bonnie Weyher,
Barry Cobb,
Jason Newton,
Bo Thompson,
Carl Younger
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Mediation
Bonnie Weyher and Barry Cobb are certified mediators and are available to
mediate cases in all areas of civil litigation other than
domestic. Ms. Weyher has mediated over 100 cases including cases
involving catastrophic injury, professional liability, personal
injury, products liability and business disputes.
Attorneys Practicing:
Bonnie Weyher,
Barry Cobb
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Medical Malpractice
Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P. represent hospitals, physicians, nurses and other medical personnel throughout North Carolina in the defense of medical liability cases.
One of the firm's attorneys is a physician in internal medicine
and two of the firm's attorneys are also registered nurses. The firm’s resources include a substantial medical library and a database of medical experts throughout the United States. Having one of the most active medical trial practices in North Carolina, the firm has made a significant investment in multimedia technology to enhance focus group, mediation and courtroom presentations.
Attorneys Practicing:
Dan McLamb, Bonnie Weyher,
John Minier, Barry
Cobb, Mike Hurley, Shirley
Pruitt, Jason Newton, Ryan Shuirman,
Erin Young,
Bo Thompson,
Chris West,
Carl Younger,
Maria Wood,
Latoya Crosby,
Heather Wilson,
Kathrine Fisher,
Lori Meyerhoffer
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Nursing Home Liability
Nursing home negligence is a fast growing area of healthcare malpractice litigation. Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P. is at the forefront of the defense effort, having represented several national and statewide chains in state court, mediation, and arbitration matters. The firm has spearheaded efforts to eliminate the use of nursing home inspection reports and other peer-review materials in evidence against nursing homes in resident lawsuits, and has aggressively pursued the dismissal or limiting of actions which attempt to use Medicare regulations as the standard for personal injury claims.
Attorneys Practicing:
Mike Hurley,
John Minier,
Barry Cobb,
Erin Young,
Bo Thompson,
Maria Wood,
Chris West,
Heather Wilson,
Kathrine Fisher
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Pharmaceutical
and Medical Device Liability
Actions against drug and medical device manufacturers are
increasingly common in today’s environment, and Yates, McLamb &
Weyher, L.L.P. has provided representation to national
name-brand and generic drug and medical device manufacturers in
product liability actions. The firm has also represented
pharmacists and pharmacy chains in claims arising out of misfilled prescriptions and premises liability actions. Experience gained in medical malpractice defense has given the firm access to exceptional expert witness resources and allowed the firm to provide outstanding representation to pharmacy and manufacturing clients.
Attorneys Practicing:
Dan McLamb,
Barry Cobb,
Heather Wilson,
Latoya Crosby,
Ryan Shuirman
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Selective Plaintiff's Litigation
The firm handles a number of personal injury cases on behalf
of plaintiffs on a selective basis. These include cases
involving automobile liability, premises liability and products
liability.
Attorneys Practicing:
Dan McLamb, Rod Pettey,
Jason Newton
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