Macy Messer: Caps on “Pain and Suffering” Make Little of Her Losses, Trial Briefs, June 2003
Medical Malpractice Becoming Hot Topic in Legislature, WRAL, September 2003
Dollar Value on Human Life?  Raleigh Metro Magazine, Nov. 2004

Accountability
 When Kellie Crabtree, a mother of two young children, was injured in a 1998 wreck caused by a North Carolina-owned truck, the state should have taken care of her medical costs.  It didn’t.  At the time, the state was protected by the North Carolina State Tort Claims Act. The North Carolina government offered her $150,000 which was less than one third of her medical costs. In response to her situation, the General Assembly passed the Kellie Crabtree Bill which stripped the state of governmental immunity. However, the principle of sovereign immunity remains at the core of how the law treats all who suffer harm at the hands of the local government. A citizen harmed by the negligence of a government employee should have the same legal rights as someone harmed by the wrongdoing of a private business or individual. Attorneys are supporting a local government tort claims act that will enhance an injured citizen’s right to hold local governments accountable for their wrongdoing.

The Kellie Crabtree Story—One Client’s Efforts to Change the Law, Trial Briefs, September 2001

Kelli Crabtree Profile, The Law Offices of John M. McCabe, PA

LIberty
 In 1984, Darryl Hunt, a 19-year-old black man, was charged with the rape and murder of Deborah Sykes, a 25-year-old white woman. Darryl Hunt was convicted by an predominantly white jury although no physical evidence linked Hunt to the crime. Darryl Hunt was sentenced to life in prison. In 1994, DNA testing cleared Hunt, yet he would spend another ten years behind bars. In December 2003, William E Brown confessed to the 1984 rape and stabbing death after DNA testing linked him to the crime. His confession led to Darryl Hunt's release. He was wrongly imprisoned for nearly 20 years before the new evidence set him free. How many other North Carolinians are in jail for crimes they didn't commit? Attorneys fight for them.
 

Darryl Hunt, The Innocence Project Profile

Fairness
 Elaine Gorski, 52, became a quadriplegic when her sport-utility vehicles rolled over. Gorski's accident happened six years and four months after her 1997 Chevrolet Blazer was purchased. She was unable to sue because North Carolina law sets a six-year time limit on lawsuits over defective products -- the shortest time limit anywhere in the country. She and her husband were unsure about their financial future -- he about keeping their house, she about their retirement. In most other states, a financial settlement would give Elaine Gorski the opportunity to buy a custom-built home and to take care of her future medical needs. The NC Statute of Repose takes away her right to that support. 

Reforming and Clarifying the Products Liability Statute of Repose, Trial Briefs, February 2009
North Carolina's Six Year Limit on Defective Product Lawsuits may soon be Extended, Injuryboard.com