The criminal case against the former manager of the Best Western in the carbon monoxide poisonings of four hotel guests was unexpectedly postponed Tuesday. Damon Mallatere, 51, was supposed to be arraigned and enter a plea. He drove 13 hours…

A federal court in North Carolina recently held that five insurers must share equally in the defense and indemnity of their mutual insureds with respect to three underlying construction defect lawsuits where the actual date of injury in each of…

By JESSICA ISAACS Do you love living, working, playing or vacationing in Boone? If so, our treasured town needs your help!   Boone recently earned its place on a national list of celebrated communities and will compete through online voting…

As Women’s History Month wraps up at the end of March, there’s something we want to know: Why should half of the human race be relegated to one month a year? Especially in American history, where we have molded our…

In cases under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1, it’s important to distinguish arguments under Rule 12(b)(1) from arguments under Rule 12(b)(6). On a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, a court generally must treat factual…

A federal judge in North Carolina recently examined a reinsurance policy provision excluding loss “resulting from any claim for . . . any actual or alleged lack of good faith or unfair dealing in the handling of any claim or…

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The criminal case has been delayed for the former manager of a Boone motel where three guests died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Multiple media outlets reported that prosecutor Matt Rupp asked a judge in Boone to delay the case against…

By JESSICA ISAACS Do you love living, working, playing or vacationing in Boone? If so, our treasured town needs your help!   Boone recently earned its place on a national list of celebrated communities and will compete through online voting…

The work of repairing the racial fissures that broke wide open in Ferguson, Missouri, last year goes beyond the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. It also goes beyond ending the practices highlighted in a Justice Department report that…