Zaytoun Law Firm in the News for Class Action Lawsuit over Hatteras and Ocracoke Power Outages

Zaytoun Law Firm along with co-counsel Steven E. Lacy, Attorney at Law, were recently in the news for filing class action lawsuits in State and Federal Court on behalf of businesses and people harmed by the Bonner Bridge Power Outage, which cut off power recently to the North Carolina Outer Banks. The recent articles regarding these legal claims brought by the North Carolina class action lawyers at Zaytoun Law Firm, include articles from the Virginian Pilot, which can be seen here, and from the News and Observer, which can be seen here. If you are a business owner, property owner, worker, renter or you otherwise suffered harm or economic losses due to the Bonner Bridge Power Outage, you can contact our law firm at the numbers below. … [Read more...]

Zaytoun Law Firm Files Class Action Lawsuit for the Bonner Bridge Power Outage in the Outer Banks, NC

Two North Carolina law firms with strong ties to Eastern North Carolina and the coast, Zaytoun Law firm and Steve E. Lacy, have joined forces and filed a class action lawsuit in Federal Court and will be filing a similar class action lawsuit in Hyde County Superior Court later today related to the Bonner Bridge power outages in the Outer Banks.  Steve Lacy’s Firm has offices in New Bern and Bayboro, and Robert Zaytoun of Zaytoun Law Firm, Raleigh, North Carolina grew up in New Bern, North Carolina and continues to have strong family ties in New Bern.  His Firm also has a legal association with the Law Firm of Ken McCotter in New Bern.  Mr. McCotter, a former Federal Magistrate Judge, concentrates in admiralty and maritime law in his law … [Read more...]

Zaytoun Law Firm in the news for federal police misconduct lawsuit against Harnett County Sheriff’s Office

As part of its ongoing series covering alleged police excessive force and misconduct in Harnett County, North Carolina, the News & Observer reported on a 124-page federal lawsuit filed by Zaytoun Law Firm on behalf of five of the county's residents, including the family of John Livingston, a man killed on his front porch by a Harnett County Sheriff's Deputy. The full News & Observer story can be read by clicking here.  The publicly-filed federal lawsuit can be read by clicking here. … [Read more...]

Zaytoun Law Firm attorneys featured in TBJ article on current trends in Medical Malpractice Litigation in North Carolina

Zaytoun Law Firm attorneys Robert Zaytoun and Matthew Ballew were interviewed by the Triangle Business Journal in an article examining the impact of medical malpractice "tort reform" passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011. Here's what they had to say: "Ultimately, it is the public who has suffered by the unfortunate impact of denial of access to the courthouse. There may be less malpractice litigation today but certainly no less malpractice," says Robert Zaytoun, principal of Zaytoun Law Firm, a Raleigh group that represents victims of medical malpractice. "Good doctors are not defining their practices by fear of lawsuits or so-call defensive medicine," he says. "What drives them every day is a true concern for the … [Read more...]