Mr. Christian Hart Staples

Practice Details

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  Payment & Cost Features

  Free initial consultation
  
• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Represents appliance manufacturer
  window/door manufacturer in product liability actions
  other litigation matters.
  Represents commercial property owners/management in l
  lord-tenant disputes, summary ejectment proceedings,
  actions to recover money damages.
  Represents local Latin/Mexican restaurant chain in commercial leasing matters.
  Represents multiple local craft breweries in general corporate matters, leasing
  real estate transactions, licensing/permitting, zoning, distribution agreements, trademarks
  intellectual property,
  other related matters.
  Represents owner of l
  fill
  recycling business in civil enforcement
  administrative actions involving a state health
  environmental agency.
  Represents owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers,
  sureties in all stages of construction litigation.
  Represents motorcycle leasing company in claim
  delivery actions
  other litigation matters.
  Represents individual
  business clients in actions to enforce
  collect monetary judgments.
  Serves as outside general counsel to local Council of Governments in a variety of legal matters.
  Represented internationally known motorcycle journalist
  TV personality in lawsuit against producer
  production company involving claims for breach of contract, trademark infringement, defamation,
  unfair
  deceptive trade practices.
  Represented flooring product importer/wholesaler in complex litigation involving claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, trademark infringement, unfair & deceptive trade practices, etc.
  Represented environmental emergency response company in arbitration proceedings arising out of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in a multi-million dollar award.
  Represented individual plaintiff in action to recover one-half of lottery proceeds derived from multi-million dollar lottery annuity prize.
  Reported Appellate Decisions: Tate v. Calloway, et al., 735 S.E.2d 633 (N.C. App. 2012). Obtained summary judgment at the trial court level on behalf of two physicians facing claims of tortious interference with contract
  negligent infliction of emotional distress. Summary judgment was affirmed by the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
  K homyak v. Meek, et al., 214 N.C. App. 54, 715 S.E.2d 218 (2011). Obtained reversal of a trial court order awarding only $1,000 in litigation costs following a successful defense verdict at trial. On rem
  , the trial court awarded our clients over $15,000 in litigation costs.
  Stinchcomb v. Presbyterian Med. Care Corp., et al., 211 N.C. App. 556, 710 S.E.2d 320 (2011). Obtained affirmance of a trial court order dismissing plaintiff's complaint against hospital client based on the improper issuance of summons
  expiration of the statute of limitations.
  J arrell v . Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hosp. Auth., et al., 206 N.C. App. 559, 698 S.E.2d 190 (2010). Obtained affirmance of a trial court order awarding expert witness fees following a successful defense verdict at trial.