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US Government Payroll Loans-Too good to be true?
US Government Payroll Loans- Too good to be true? We’ve heard from many of our small to medium-sized businesses during this very trying economic times and can appreciate the anxiety of our small to medium-sized businesses during this very unprecedented times. As we continue to check in with our current clients and hear from new…
Eviction Moratorium
By: James Moore On March 27, 2020, the federal government stepped up to protect tenants/renters by passing the CARES Act, which imposes a 120-day moratorium on evictions from “covered property,” which is a defined term in the Act. In a nutshell, between March 27 and July 24, 2020 (the 120-day period), owners of properties…
COVID-19 – Force Majeure & Frustration of Contract
By: Jennifer D. Scott & Jillian C.S. Blanchard Force majeure contract provisions refer to events outside of the control of a party that prevents a party from performing its contractual obligations as originally contemplated under the contract. Generally, force majeure provisions typically provide the party whose performance is affected by a force majeure event…
Power Breakfast- Shipman Wright & Moore Corporate Sponsor
Shipman & and Wright was pleased to be a Corporate Sponsor at the Power Breakfast on Thursday hosted by the Greater Wilmington Business Journal at the Wilmington Convention Center. This year’s first Power Breakfast of 2020 was held at the Wilmington Convention Center and was attended by several hundred of Wilmington’s business community. The…
$4M judgment against Wilmington dentist in sex-abuse case
Recently the Star-News wrote an article about a case in which we represented a young woman against a Wilmington, NC oral surgeon after he sexually assaulted her while she was under anesthesia. Unfortunately, this kind of sex abuse case involving sexual assaults such as this happen too often. It is extremely disappointing that professionals…
Attorney Kyle Nutt mentioned in a nursing home negligence article
Shipman Wright & Moore attorney Kyle Nutt was recently quoted in an NPR article about nursing home negligence in an article about Medicare attempting to limit the amount of ‘boomerang hospitalizations’ of nursing home patients. At Shipman Wright & Moore, we’ve handled simple and complex nursing home negligent cases. In our experience, the suit…
Association Insurance
Association governing documents along with some guidance from the North Carolina General Statutes require that a homeowners’, property owners’ or condominium owners’ association carry insurance to cover losses (at least direct physical loss to the common areas or elements). Recent court decisions have interpreted language regarding condominium association obligations and many associations have questions…