Mr. Thomas More Buckley

Practice Details

• Payment Information
  Payment & Cost Features

  Fixed hourly rates
  Fixed fees available
  
• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Goldberg Segalla LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Goins v. Time Warner Cable, North Carolina Court of Appeals (2018): The court granted a new trial on the grounds that sudden emergency instruction was improperly given.
  Lancaster v. Harold K. Jordan
  Company, Inc., 776 SE2d 345 (2015): The court upheld summary judgment by the North Carolina Business Court on the grounds of collateral estoppel, holding that the Lancasters were bound by prior arbitration findings because they controlled the litigation, maintained a financial stake in its outcome,
  had notice of it.
  Cantillana v. Five Oaks Homeowners Association (2012): The court upheld a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss a complaint by a homeowner that sought injunctive relief preventing the association from imposing fines for failure to comply with architectural guidelines. The court found that the trial court was correct in dismissing the action, given that the association's guidelines provided the requisite authority to impose fines to enforce those guidelines.
  Harris v. Barefoot, 704 SE2d 282 (2010): The court upheld summary judgment in a dog bite case on the grounds that the plaintiffs had failed to project evidence that the dog had a vicious propensity,
  further that the defendant had reason to know of a vicious propensity. The court noted that the plaintiff's attempt to establish a vicious propensity of the breed based on a Wikipedia article was not persuasive.
  Haynes v. B&B Realty Group, 663 SE2d 691 (2006): The court upheld summary judgment of claims of a profit sharing agreement breach
  unfair trade practice. The court held that because the profit sharing had not vested at the time of the relationship's termination, there was no breach of contract,
  further that the plaintiff's past services for the company could not constitute legal consideration for any transfer of ownership.