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On the page below you can find links to documents, reports, publications and discussions provided by The Law Offices of Thomas Waitt Pleasant, PLLC.
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- Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
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- Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
- Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
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Personal Injury & Wrongful Death:
- Auto Insurers Play Hardball in Minor Crash Claims (CNN, Feb. 9, 2007 Article Re: Personal Injury Auto Accident Claims)
Description: CNN determined after reviewing more than 6,000 company documents and court records, interviewing a dozen people nationwide (including former company insiders) and engaging in conversations with accident victims, that "[i]f you challenge the offer by some insurance companies you will be left with no option but to go to court, where you will be dragged through the wringer." - Thomas Pleasant's Winning Brief to the NC Court of Appeals in Personal Injury Case of Frank v. Funkhouser [PDF]
Description: This brief was written during attorney Thomas Pleasant's tenure with the law firm of Murray, Craven & Inman, L.L.P., a firm that handled substantial insurance defense litigation. Mr. Pleasant wrote this winning brief to the NC Court of Appeals. Attorney Thomas Pleasant has significant insight into how the insurance defense attorneys think, and is able to offer the same litigation skills used to write this brief, in your personal injury or insurance case. - Thomas Pleasant's Winning Brief to the NC Court of Appeals in Johnson v. Brewington Personal Injury Case [PDF]
Description: Attorney Thomas Pleasant wrote this brief to the NC Court of Appeals, arguing for a large attorney fee awarded against an insured by the trial court to be upheld. The Court of Appeals agreed, and the insurance company, Allstate, eventually had to pay substantial attorney fees on a rather small claim that it had refused to pay in full. - Johnson v. Brewington Personal Injury Attorney Fee Award - NC Court of Appeals Opinion (also see Thomas Pleasant's winning brief below) [PDF]
Description: The opinion of the NC Court of Appeals upholding the trial court's award of substantial attorney fees in this personal injury automobile accident case tried in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC. In this case, Allstate Insurance, the negligent automobile driver's insurance company, Allstate insurance, refused to pay the total amount of the plaintiff's medical expenses. The attorneys hired by Allstate lost at trial, though, and were ultimately responsible for $30,000.00 in attorney fees to the plaintiff. - NC Court of Appeals Opinion in Frank v. Funkhouser Personal Injury Case (also see Thomas Pleasant's winning brief below) [PDF]
Description: The NC Court of Appeals decided in favor of the insured defendant in this case. Attorney Thomas Pleasant wrote the winning brief while employed with a law firm that did substantial insurance defense work. Thomas Pleasant's appellate litigation skills could help from your side as a plaintiff in a personal injury, unfair claims practices or bad faith insurance case.
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