Plaintiff sought an injunction preventing Defendant from selling its assets in North Carolina.  The Motion was filed pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-485, which permits an injunction when "the defendant threatens or is about to remove or dispose of his property, with intent to defraud the plaintiff." 

The Court denied the injunction, finding that it…

The personal representative of a decedent was not required to give personal notice of the deadline for filing claims against the estate to a claimant, as required by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-14-1, where she did not have actual knowledge of the claim.  The Court also determined that she had no obligation to conduct an…

The Business Court dismissed Plaintiff’s claim that he had been dismissed from his employment in violation of the public policy of North Carolina. 

Plaintiff, a doctor who had been employed by the Defendant medical practice, alleged that he had been forced to resign his employment while he was disabled and seeking medical treatment.  He asserted that…

Although Plaintiff’s claims were timely against the insurance agent they claimed had defrauded them, those claims were not timely against the agent’s employer.  The agent had terminated his relationship with his employer several years before the lawsuit was filed.  Although the statute did not run against the agent, because the alleged fraud continued, the Court…