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Maginnis Howard Charlotte attorney Charles G. Monnett III obtained an appellate victory this week in the North Carolina Court of Appeals. The Court confirmed a $760,035.44 trial verdict in a Mecklenburg County case where our client, who was a news reporter, suffered a fractured tibia after being struck by the
Attorneys Shawn Howard and Karl Gwaltney obtained a $1.3 million settlement for the family of a Charlotte man killed by a drunk driver. The bulk of the settlement came from the bar that served the drunk driver, who also died in the crash. The victim was transporting his elderly mother
In August 2021, a federal court judge in the Middle District of North Carolina approved a class action settlement against Bell Partners, LSREF3 Bravo LLC, and Hudson Capital Weston LLC. Attorneys Ed Maginnis and Karl S. Gwaltney represented the plaintiffs alongside Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman. Our attorneys obtained $4.75
This week attorneys Ed Maginnis and Karl Gwaltney alongside co-counsel from Whitfield Bryson finalized a $5 million settlement related to eviction fees. The class action against Camden Property Trust alleged the company collected illegal eviction fees from hundreds of tenants. In 2016, Camden filed to evict our client and, in connection with that filing, charged
A North Carolina Superior Court Judge approved a settlement of more than $7 million for claims of unlawfully assessed eviction fees. The tenants of Southwood Realty Company, a North Carolina property management company, initiated the class action in 2018. The settlement includes $3,750,000.00 in cash and $3,279,343.55 in debt waivers.
In 2019, Ed Maginnis and Karl Gwaltney obtained a $1.2 million settlement for a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) class action. The plaintiff filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy over medical debts which cleared him from liability. More than 400,000 people file for bankruptcy each year, and medical debt is
Maginnis Howard attorneys, T. Shawn Howard and Karl S. Gwaltney have 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. This case was filed in 2013, but there was no offer from the
Maginnis Howard attorneys, Anthony Klish and Jordan Godwin assisted their clients in receiving their rightful inheritance of their deceased parents’ estate. Prior to the clients’ father’s death, a third party erroneously and illegally transferred the bulk of the father’s assets to that third party. The Maginnis Howard attorneys filed a
A North Carolina judge approved a $475,000 settlement for tenants claiming they paid excess eviction fees, violating debt collection laws. Tenants of Glenwood Raleigh Apartments and Sterling Glenwood Apartments argued the property managers unlawfully assessed eviction fees. The class action, initially filed in Wake County Superior Court on June 30th,
How are our firm’s attorneys handling working throughout this quarantine process? Well, our lead personal injury attorney, T. Shawn Howard, has not slowed down one bit. He recently reached a settlement in a personal injury case for one of his clients who had the misfortune to be involved in two