Two Maginnis Howard settlements appear on North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s list of the Top Verdicts & Settlements of 2020.
How We Scored on North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s List
#7
The first of the two Maginnis Howard settlements to appear on the list came it at #7.
A North Carolina Superior Court Judge has approved a settlement valued at more than $7 million dollars ($3,750,000.00 in cash and $3,279,343.55 in debt waiver) for claims under state unfair debt collection statutes filed on behalf of tenants of Southwood Realty Company, a North Carolina property management company.
Bridge Property Management (Wake County) also agreed to pay $505,000, and Grubb Management (Raleigh) will pay $475,000.
The class action, initially filed in Cumberland County Superior Court on September 1, 2018, alleged that Southwood Realty Company violated the Residential Rental Agreements Act, N.C.G.S. § 42-46 by charging and collecting various fees in connection with filing eviction actions.
You can read more about the settlement here.
#36
The second settlement to appear on the list came in at #36.
Maginnis Howard attorneys, T. Shawn Howard and Karl S. Gwaltney settled a case where the family of a 14-year-old who was killed while crossing the street to board her school bus received a total of $1,360,000.
You can read more about the settlement here.
