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News about William (Bill) J. Thomas II, Jay H. Ferguson, Philip A. Mullins IV and James H. Monroe, the Attorneys of Thomas, Ferguson & Mullins, LLP.
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News Articles from 2012
Alumni Philip Mullins Earns Best Lawyer Nod - The Wheaton Connect
Diabetes Dog Helps Mullins Family with Early Detection - Phil Mullins' dedication to the cause of Diabetes
Bias Law Used to Move Man off of Death Row - Jay Ferguson featured in NY Times article
NC death penalty study author meets House members - Jay Ferguson quoted
Judges emails may be shielded State's public records law does not specifically address matter - Bill Thomas speaks
First Racial Justice Act Case Ends in Fayetteville - Jay Ferguson speaks
Final arguments made in Racial Justice Case - Quotes from Jay Ferguson
Closing arguments conclude in Racial Justice Case - Jay Ferguson quoted
Inmate's challenge to death sentence comes to a close - Jay Ferguson speaks
Lawyers pan Bell's $300k bond proposal - Bill Thomas speaks
Bar exam questioned. - Bill Thomas Quoted
News Articles from 2011
Cline fails to have judge taken off case. Bill Thomas Quoted
Repeal of Racial Justice Act intensifies focus on jury diversity. Jay Ferguson quoted.
North Carolina's Death-Row Racial Bias Law May Be Dropped
Another Danger in the Death Penalty. Guest Editorial by Jay Ferguson
State Cuts to Cause Mayhem in NC Courts
Duke, Durham Attorney Bill Thomas, Watch High Court Verdicts
Patients May Lose Rights in Debate Over Medical Malpractice Reform
Jay H. Ferguson named to Paul Green Award at ACLU Ceremony
Jay H. Ferugson Honored by North Carolina Super Lawyers for 2011
Announcing the 42nd Annual Frank Porter Graham Awards Ceremony
News Articles from 2010
ACLU-NC names Jay H. Ferguson to Paul Green Award for Death Penalty Defense
Lawyer Challenges Arrest Powers of Duke University Police
Duke Cops' Arrest Powers Likely to Face Challenges
Irons Court Date Postponed Until January
Irons Will Fight Rape Allegations
Sophomore Arrested on Rape Charge
Lawyers In The News
For attorney Philip Mullins, the fight against diabetes is a personal matter. Mullins has two small sons who were... (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
Former Duke Players Plead Guilty To Gunplay On Campus
Arbitration Award of More Than $781,000 for Facial and Shoulder Scars Arising from Crash
The Plaintiff is a young male who was in graduate school at UNC-Chapel Hill at the time of the accident. (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
Attorney to Target Duke PD Cases
Ex-Duke Football Trio Granted Continuance to May 18
Decedent Died In Rural Collision With Truck, Settlement More Than $1.9 Million
In this wrongful death case, the decedent sustained multiple fractures and internal-organ damage... (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
Executed Man's Attorney Speaks Out After SBI Review Report
An Owl? Well, Who Knows Now? (SBI Review Report)
Keep Digging For Facts, Lawyer Says
Usually, a general contractor can't be held liable when a subcontractor's employee dies or gets injured at a construction site. But there are exceptions, and if you dig deep enough to unearth the facts that support them, you can still bring a strong case to mediation or trial, attorney Philip A. Mullins IV said. (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
For Executed Men, Audit's Too Late
Victim's Race Skews Death Penalty
Study Finds Racial Bias in North Carolina's Death Sentences
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News Articles from 2009
Book Puts Death Penalty On Trial
Outside Gates, Visitors Bring Cheer to Prisoners
Judge Rules Out Death Penalty in Trial Over 2005 Slaying
Death Penalty Applied Unevenly
Case Dismissed Against Woman Accused In Cult Crimes
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News Articles from 2008
Focus Groups Provide Leverage For Mediation in $3.2 Million Dollar Auto Wreck Case
Using input from focus groups they consulted between mediation sessions, Durham attorneys Philip A. Mullins IV and David B. Alexander were able to negotiate $3.2 million in settlements for the victims of a Nash County highway accident. (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
Judge: Inmate Too Mentally Ill To Be Executed
Car-Truck Accident Brings $4 Million Dollar Settlement
A nearly $4-Million settlement has been recorded in Durham County Superior Court in connection with a car-truck accident that took the life of one woman and seriously injured two others as they motored toward a wedding two years ago. ...Durham Lawyer Philip Mullins... (Read more at Durham Herald Sun link above. Password may be required)
Judge Rules Out Death Penality in Woman's Murder Trial
Ruling: No LeGrande Execution
Burlingtion Gets OK To Ban Street Newspaper Sales
Inmate Is Ruled Too Mentally Ill To Be Executed
LeGrande Found Incompetent
Cult Case Moves Slowly Through Durham Court
Attorney Denies Suspect's Knowledge of Alleged Cult Crimes
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News Articles from 2007
Opinions Differ About Duke Lacrosse Settlement
$750,000 Settlement Against Bar - Drunk Driver Killed Other Patron Who Fell Asleep On Side of Road.
As with many bar liability cases, liability was hotly contested in this case. (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
Family of DWI Victim Settles With Knightdale Bar for $750,000
The estate of a Wake County man killed in a roadside DWI accident has settled for $750,000 with the Knightdale bar that served the driver... according to Durham attorney Philip A. Mullins, IV... (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
State's High Court To Consider Dram-Shop Liability Laws
LeGrande Competency Debated
A Case Starts To Unravel: Duke Lacrosse
Durham Acting DA: Office's Image Is Biggest Hurdle
Durham DA Heads To Trial Over Duke Case
Rape Charges Dropped in Duke Lacrosse Case
Privacy, Personal Information Take Center Stage in Duke Lacrosse Hearing
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News Articles from 2006
Duke's Rush To Judgment
Second Dancer In Duke Incident Gives First Interview
Defense Waiting To Learn More About D.A.'s Evidence in Duke Case
Lacrosse Investigation Comes Amidst District Attorney Election Run
Duke Holds Public Prayer Service As Attorneys Ask For Report
Duke LAX Players Charged with Rape
Nifong: Rape Investigation 'Not Going Away'
Alleged Lacrosse Rape Victim 'Just Passed-Out Drunk', Officer Says In Tape
District Attorney: Duke Lacrosse Case 'Not Going Away'
Jesse Jackson Says Organization Will Pay Alleged Rape Victim's Tuition
Defense Attorney: Someone Will Be Charged
Defense Attorneys Say They Will Make DNA Results Public
Lacrosse Players' Lawyers Object
DNA Results Don't Link Duke Team To Alleged Rape, Lawyers Report
Photos Support Lacrosse Athletes' Denial Of Rape, Attorney Says
Attorney: Photos Will Clear Duke Lacrosse Players
Defense in Duke Rape Case Points To Photos
Warrant Details Search of Lacrosse Player's Dorm Room
Duke Lacrosse Lawyers Blast Police Attempts To Interview Players
Sources: Two Duke Lacrosse Players Indicted
Lawyer Expects Some Duke Lacrosse Players To Be Charged
Duke President Calls Alleged Slurs 'Disgusting' Before Student March
Duke President Suspends Future Lacrosse Matches Pending Investigation
Durham County Gets Land for Plan
Durham County Has To Hold Off On Site
Jury Sides With Landowner, Awards $995,000
Durham County Leaders Vote To Condemn Two Properties
Court: Bars Not Bound To Curb Drunks
Religion Briefs: Ferguson Speaks About LeGrande Case
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News Articles from 2005:
Durham Board Delays Land Pursuit
Lawyer: Insurers "Shellack" Hispanics
Man's story called indicative of trend. People Call him Claudio, but that isn't his real name... ...Claudio finally received an $800,000 insurance settlement this week. ..."It's incredible," agreed lawyer Philip Mullins... (Read more at Durham Herald Sun link above. Password may be required)
Couple Awarded $1.2 Million Dollar Settlement. Trentas Injured in Feb. 2004 Accident With An Atlantic Supply Truck
Even without a lawsuit being filed, a $1.2 million insurance settlement was finalized this week for a Durham man and wife who were severely injured in a collision on U.S. 15-501. The settlement for Ron and Sandra Trenta was reached in mediation involving their lawyer, Philip Mullins of Durham... (Read more at Durham Herald Sun link above. Password may be required)
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News Articles from 2004
N.C. Appeals Court To Decide Alcohol Service Law's Future; Ruling To State Who Gets To Drive.
Group home operators settle 1 of 3 lawsuits. At suit's core is hiring of prostitute for retarded teens.
The operators of a new defunct group home on Glenn School Road have settled a lawsuit that accused them of allowing retarded boys to be serviced by a prostitute, inflicting long-lasting psychological damage on the youths. (Read more at Durham Herald Sun link above. Password may be required)
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News Articles from 2003
Second Suit Filed For Mentally Retarded - 3 Men Jailed Admit To Hiring Prostitute for Group Home
The second of two civil suits was filed Tuesday on behalf of a mentally retarded teen who was provide the services of a prostitute at least once by workers at... ..."Long term, his prognosis is significantly worsened; he's going to need therapy to undue the damage he sustained, said his lawyer, Philip Mullins. (Read more at Durham Herald Sun link above. Password may be required)
Plaintiff Settles for $1.2 Million When Truck Crosses Median
Truck veered across median after bumping - struck plaintiff - pelvis, leg injurie - driving excessive hours alleged. (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
Student Scalded in School Accident
The day before the student's sixth birthday, he was injured, while in the care of an after school program, operated by a local public school. (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
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News Articles from 2002
Computer Animation Used in N.C. Verdicts and Settlements.
PowerPoint presentations are helping to reap large verdicts and settlements in North Carolina. That's one conclusion drawn from a survey of case reports... Domestic relations, breach of confidential/fiducary relations, separation agreement set aside. (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
Jury Gives Man What Wife Took From Him
A jury decides that a woman's ex-husband should get a share of the holdings he gave her in a separation. ..."Paul is a family man who trusted his wife, and she defrauded him," said Phillip Mullins, Paul Simpson's attorney... (Read more at Raleigh News & Observer link above. Password may be required)
Hotelier, Ex-Wife Settle Fraud Case
A hotel owner and his ex-wife have reached an out-of-court settlement in a multimillion-dollar domestic fraud case. The settlement ends a long-standing legal dispute between hotelier... (Read more at Durham Herald Sun link above. Password may be required)
Lawyers in the News
Campbell Law Graduate Philip A. Mullins, IV, has become a partner in the Durham Law Firm, now titled Thomas, Ferguson & Mullins, L.L.P. (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
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News Articles from 2001
Judge Extends Restraining Order on Woman's Assets
A court order has been extended to freeze the assets of a woman who jurors recently found out tricked her hotelier ex-husband out of millions of dollars. (Read more at Durham Herald Sun link above. Password may be required)
Judge Issues Property Restraining Order
It keeps hotelier's assets intact pending a division after he won claim that ex-wife tricked him. (Read more at Durham Herald Sun link above. Password may be required)
Man Tricked Out of Hotels
Durham jury agrees ex-wife took advantage of man to gain control of millions in property... "We had a great jury, they were very intelligent," said lawyer Philip Mullins... (Read more at Durham Herald Sun link above. Password may be required)
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News Articles from 2000
Party Hosts Liable For Accidents Stemming From Alcohol
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News Articles from 1997
Business Owner Off Hook Despite D-B-A Guaranty
A Durham woman who signed a guaranty to pay for purchases she made doing business as "Blind Ambitions" is not liable for debts run up after she sold the business. ...attorney Philip A. Mullins, who represented the blind manufacturer... (Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
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News Articles from 1996
Negligence - $203,000 Mediated Settlement
The plaintiff, a residential resident in low-income housing, sued a property management company and owner after his ceiling collapsed. ...(a)ttorneys for the plaintiff Philip Mullins IV...(Read more at North Carolina Lawyers Weekly link above. Password may be required)
Injured Tennant Gets Landlord's Duplex After Ceiling Falls In
A low income tennant has won a $203,000 settlement from his landlord after the ceiling caved in on him... for a second time. ...(r)epresented by Philip Mullins IV...
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