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N.C. lawmakers tackle comp, continue debate on tort reform 

Published: April 12, 2011

Tags: medical malpractice, North Carolina, tort reform, workers' compensation

Lawmakers in North Carolina last week continued to consider sweeping changes in the state’s tort system and got their first look at a bill that would overhaul workers’ compensation.

N.C. bill would bar liability for some products 

By: Sylvia Adcock
Published: April 4, 2011

Tags: collateral source rule, damages caps, med-mal reform, medical malpractice, tort reform

A sweeping tort-reform bill that would prevent product-liability lawsuits in cases where the product got a stamp of approval from government regulators was introduced in the North Carolina House last week.

Issue of ‘Miranda’ warnings in schools headed to High Court 

By: Sylvia Adcock
Published: March 15, 2011

Tags: Miranda, Supreme Court

A case out of North Carolina that is about to go before the U.S. Supreme Court could determine whether a juvenile’s age should be considered in a Miranda custody analysis.

N.C. considers med-mal damages caps 

By: Sylvia Adcock
Published: February 22, 2011

Tags: damages caps, medical malpractice, medical malpractice reform, punitive damages, tort reform

The North Carolina legislature is considering a measure that would cap noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases at $250,000.

N.C. ethics committee ponders pop-ups, Google and Groupon 

By: Sylvia Adcock
Published: January 21, 2011

Tags: ethics, Internet chats, legal websites, live chat

Watch the pop-ups.

That’s the word from the N.C. State Bar’s Ethics Committee, which is looking into the use of live-chat services on attorney websites – specifically, whether the use of a live-chat button would violate Rule 7.3(a), which provides that an attorney may not solicit business by “in-person, live telephone or real-time electronic contact.”

Man must pay jilted fiancée $130K for reneging on engagement 

By: Sylvia Adcock
Published: January 7, 2011

Tags: breach-of-contract-to-marry, common law

A North Carolina jury has awarded $130,000 to a woman who brought a breach-of-contract-to-marry claim after she was dumped by her fiancé, a common-law tort that is rarely seen today.

NC lawyers targeted by scammers 

By: Sylvia Adcock
Published: December 17, 2010

Tags: check scams

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has issued an alert to lawyers across the state to be on the lookout for check scams that are targeting law firms. The scams involve what appear to be authentic checks for large sums for money.

Drug company hit with $13 million failure-to-warn verdict 

By: Sylvia Adcock
Published: December 3, 2010

Tags: Aredia, failure to warn, Novartis, osteonecrosis, product liability, Zometa

A federal jury in North Carolina has returned a verdict of nearly $13 million against pharmaceutical giant Novartis, saying the company failed to adequately warn patients and doctors about the risks of taking the bone-strengthening drugs Zometa and Aredia.