Month: August 2011

Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto of Medical-Malpractice Damages Cap

Aug 9, 2011
Brown Moore
Medical Malpractice

The North Carolina Legislature recently voted to override Governor Beverly Perdue’s veto of new legislation that limits the amount of damages people may recover in medical-malpractice lawsuits. Proponents of the law say it will reduce medical-malpractice insurance costs and attract more doctors to the state, but critics say it is unconstitutional and wrongly limits the… Read More

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