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U.S. Supreme Court To Decide If North Carolina Medical Malpractice Law Is Valid

September 28, 2012

On September 25, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) agreed to hear and decide an appeal arising from a North Carolina medical malpractice settlement that will decide if a North Carolina law that allows recovery of funds spent on providing medical care to the poor [...]

What Is Medical Malpractice? (Maryland, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)

September 8, 2012

What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Maryland, California, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina: Maryland MD. COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, Code Ann. § 3-2A-02 (2012) § 3-2A-02. Exclusiveness of procedures(1) In any a[...]

North Carolina Medical Malpractice Claim For Rape In E.R.

July 2, 2012

A North Carolina woman has filed a medical malpractice claim against a North Carolina hospital and others for allegedly failing to protect her from being raped by a male patient she did not know who was placed in the same room with her while she was sedated. The woman was brought to the hospital a[...]

North Carolina Medical Malpractice Medicaid Recovery Law Unconstitutional

March 28, 2012

Sometimes when there is a medical malpractice settlement, the medical malpractice claimant’s medical bills related to the medical malpractice were paid by Medicaid. Under federal law, states participating in the Medicaid program are required (with some exceptions) to seek reimbursement for me[...]

North Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of New Mother

December 27, 2011

A North Carolina medical malpractice jury recently found in favor of the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case alleging that medical negligence led to the death of a 42-year-old mother who had just given birth to twins. The mother had been discharged from the hospital with pneumonia after giving b[...]

North Carolina Medical Malpractice Physician Complaints

October 16, 2011

The North Carolina Medical Board (“Board”) is responsible to regulate medicine and surgery for “the benefit and protection of the people of North Carolina.” Board The Board has issued its 2010 Annual Report (“Report”). The Board reported that there were 31,997 [...]

North Carolina Decides Its Citizens’ Lives Are Worth Less

July 27, 2011

On July 25, 2011, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted to override Governor Beverly Perdue’s veto of a medical malpractice bill that limits noneconomic damages (pain, suffering, mental anguish, disfigurement) to $500,000.00 in most cases, thereby devaluing the lives of the cit[...]

Medical Malpractice Cases In North Carolina

April 24, 2011

Since January 1998, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) has compiled data regarding medical malpractice cases filed in North Carolina courts. An analysis of the AOC data regarding medical malpractice case filings indicate that an average of 566 cases were filed per year from[...]

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