Since graduating from law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003, Ginger Hunsucker has been practicing defense litigation at Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog with significant experience in medical malpractice and professional negligence. Read more »
Mooneyham: Republicans dominate 2011 – Daily Reflector
Within weeks, they were working to overturn long-standing polices affecting guns, elections, abortions and medical malpractice lawsuits. Read more »
New N.C. malpractice law to cap certain damages – Star News Online
A medical malpractice reform bill set to go into effect in October could deter North Carolina attorneys from accepting those cases, according to a nonprofit trial lawyers group. It also could spark a flurry of malpractice filings before the law goes into ... Read more »
Governor of North Carolina Vetoes Medical Malpractice Reform Bill – Emailwire
Bev Perdue, North Carolina's Governor, recently vetoed a bill that would cap non-economic damages to $500,000 even if the patient dies, is paralyzed, severely disfigured or brain damaged. ( EMAILWIRE.COM , July 29, 2011 ) RALIEGH, NC- Gov Read more »
North Carolina House Joins Senate to Override Veto of Malpractice Cap – Insurance Journal
Victims of North Carolina doctors guilty of medical malpractice will be limited to $500,000 what they can collect for pain, suffering and lost body parts under legislation the state House passed into law over a veto by Gov. Beverly Perdue. Read more »
Medical malpractice reform bill passes with bipartisan support – Mountain Xpress
The North Carolina Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan compromise that reforms the state’s medical malpractice laws, a move that will help attract new jobs and high quality medical personnel and make health care more affordable and accessible for all ... Read more »
Senate rejects House version of NC medical malpractice bill, committee to work out compromise – WTKR
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — House and Senate members will spend a little more time on how North Carolina should limit monetary damages in medical negligence cases Read more »
Trial lawyers feel excluded as GOP pushes changes in liability law – Raleigh News & Observer
RALEIGH -- North Carolina is almost certain to restrict medical malpractice and other types of lawsuits this year, thanks to a Republican-controlled General Assembly that has made that one of its top priorities. At stake are the rights of those who have ... Read more »
NC Legislature gives final OK to public employee health insurance overhaul – Blueridgenow.com
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North Carolina Medical Malpractice Reform: Compromising Patient Safety – Newsblaze.com
A medical malpractice reform bill recently introduced in the North Carolina Senate is the latest threat to a citizen's private right of action against negligent health care providers. Senate Bill 23, which seeks to limit damages and would change the ... Read more »