Woodberry “Woody” Bowen now defends criminal cases where once he prosecuted for twelve years. In Robeson County North Carolina Bowen was on the prosecutorial staff of Joe Freeman Britt, the Guinness Book of Records “Deadliest DA”. Joe had more defendants on death row at one time than any other state…
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North Carolina Still Recognizes Alienation of Affections Court Claims
The Lumberton North Carolina Courts provide a good forum for Alienation of Affection cases. NC is only one a a handful of remaining states which allow an action against a third party for wrecking a marriage. The claim is called allienation of affections. Punitive damages are also allowed, subject to…
Slandered Red Springs NC Shopper Wins Record Jury Verdict
I was not long out of the DA’s office from a position as a state prosecutor. Fresh back in private practice those decades ago, no big cases were lining up at the door just yet. So I had to make the most of what I had. A young mechanic from…
North Carolina Traffic Offenses Cost Clients Inceased Insurance Premiums
Lumberton N. C. is situated on Interstate 95 where numbers of speeding and other traffic tickets are written by the Highway Patrolmen stationed in Robeson County, North Carolina. The numbers of tickets going to Robeson County Court are on the rise now that the state is in desperate need of…
Dog Joins Staff of Lumberton, N. C. Attorney Woody Bowen
Besides being a trail attorney, I am President of the Robeson County Humane Society. Four years ago RCHS began the annual tradition of the Puppy Love Valentine’s Dinner as a fund raiser. One of our most energetic officers stuck up an e-mail conversation with Bill Berloni, world famous animal trainer.…
Motorcycle Accident Cases Interest Harley Riding Lumberton NC Lawyer
No one much thought that tall, slender, Lumberton trial lawyer Woodberry (Woody) Bowen would be the type to roar across North America headed for Alaska on a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. Call it a midlife crisis, I suppose. I had just finished a three month long trial defending Daniel Green, a…
North Carolina House Fire Victims Fight Insurance Bad Faith Claims
My client was asleep is bed with his wife, his two year old child just in the next room. The phone rang about 3 a.m. His wife’s house which she inherited from her father was on fire an a neighboring town 30 minutes away. The house in North Carolina had…
North Carolina Lowball Insurance Offers in Accident Injury Claims
Lumberton NC Insurance Bad Faith Attorney Woodberry (Woody) Bowen chuckled at the professionally lettered sign placed conspicuously in the front yard of a house on the way to Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville, NC. The sign said: Nationwide is not on your side. If there’s a claim then you’re to…
Your New Buddy–the Insurance Adjuster
After your accident, are you really confused about whether to get a lawyer and if so, who? So much depends on the lawyer you choose! Does your new buddy, the, insurance adjuster, want to play “Let’s make a deal”? Radio host Mark Handle, Handle on the Law, recently remarked to…
Insurance companies deny, delay, deny, delay . . .
Are you curious as to the tactics used by many insruance companies when handling your case. Denied claims led to he publication of an interesting website. Click it and see for yourself if any of the tactics described from the McKinsey Report seem familiar. Click www.farmbureaulies.com.