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The NC AOC (Administrative Office of the Courts) website is often hard to navigate and because it is open to the general public, can be sparse on the email links. This can make scheduling trials and motions difficult. Here is a link to the names, adresses and emails of the TCAs and TCCs in North…

Last week was an exciting week at the Nichols Law Firm as I (Chris Nichols) assumed the presidency of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. NCAJ is one of the largest state trial lawyer’s associations in the United States. My law school covered the event. Chris Nicholswww.NicholsTrialLaw.com

This post is somewhat of a departure from my “usual” posts about liens and other important (but dry )material and it is also a huge departure from my normal practice of completely ignoring “friend spam.” What’s “friend spam”? Well, you know how you get those “chain emails” from Friends or Friends of Friends about a…

Congratulations to attorney Patrick J. Loughren of Pennsylvania for his victory in Tristani v. Richman, a medicaid subrogation case. I don’t have a lot of time today to dig through this case, which is 50 pages long and denser than a fruitcake, but this is, in my opinion, and “extension” on Ahlborn. also, it addresses…

I try to keep this Blog fairly apolitical, but during an election season that can be difficult. My feelings about so-called “tort reform” are pretty clear: it is generally a terrible idea that only hurts the truly innocent- people who have been hurt by someone else’s negligence. That said, where do Obama and McCain stand…

Well, the world’s ugliest law blog has hit 30,000 unique visitors after a little less than 2 years of operations. Not bad for a blog concentrating on one of the more boring topics in the world: liens and subrogation. Here are the stats as of today: Maybe I’ll set my summer intern loose on trying…

Looks like Allstate is willing to pay $2.4 Million dollars to hide their claims practices: Allstate won’t produce records despite $25,000-a-day fineBy JOE LAMBEThe Kansas City Star Allstate Insurance Co. lawyers made this clear Tuesday to a Jackson County judge: They will not produce key records for public view no matter how much he fines…

For those of you who are like me and get confused calculating birthdays and age, I’ve found a nifty little age calculator. I’m always second guessing myself on when a minor becomes an adult and how that figures into Statute Of Limitations. In NC, a minor’s statute of limitations does not begin until their 18th…

Now that the legal world is moving toward a “paperless” approach to things, I get some questions about the best ways to convert documents into PDF files. Most states moving to “paperless filing” require documents to be submitted in PDF format. Below are a few suggestions on ways to do this: Easiest: Buy Adobe Acrobat…

As I’m getting ready for a trial, I’m constantly reminded that the “reason the case is going to trial” has more to do with the defendant’s insurance company than anything else. It’s frustrating as an attorney fighting for justice because I have the burden of proof for the “facts” of the case, but what the…