When the N.C. Supreme Court voted last year to overturn a 90-year-old precedent involving nurses’ legal liability, just three of the seven justices endorsed the change. Defendants in the case now hope the court will step back into the dispute to clarify the impact of a three-judge majority opinion. Plaintiffs in the case filed paperwork Thursday urging the court to stand by its 2022 decision.
The N.C. Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments this week in a politically charged case that could end up determining who controls North Carolina's government education system, how money is allocated for it, and what is taught to North Carolina's children.
A split N.C. Supreme Court has voted to overturn a 90-year-old state court precedent that protected nurses from legal liability. Because the majority decision secured just three votes on the seven-member court, it’s unclear how the latest ruling will affect future cases.
The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether a nurse can face greater legal liability for a patient’s injuries. The decision could reinforce or throw out a nearly 90-year-old court precedent. “Don’t you want the law to be such that if people are going to be held accountable, that the proper measure...
The matchup in the Democratic primary for North Carolina Attorney General pits an insider against an outsider. State Sen. Josh Stein, who worked in the North Carolina Department of Justice before being elected to the General Assembly, will face Robeson County attorney Marcus Williams. Stein, a four-term senator from Raleigh, is seeking to succeed four-term...
RALEIGH — We’ve all heard the saying “There ought to be a law.” The person using the expression usually advocates a new law to ban some objectionable activity. But a proliferation of new laws can create its own problems. John Baker, professor emeritus of law at Louisiana State University, explained the problem of overcriminalization of federal law during a conversation with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — Former N.C. Sen. John Edwards was indicted today on six counts of violating federal campaign laws. The former vice presidential nominee and presidential hopeful will make an initial appearance in federal court in Winston-Salem later today.
CARY — With the election cycle once again in full swing, the political discourse over jobs and the economy has been profoundly negative. For months, newspapers, radio, and television reports have predicted recession, even hinting at the possibility of a depression.
CHARLOTTE — Conservatives have good reasons to worry about the outcome of the 2008 presidential race, political analyst George Will warned a John Locke Foundation audience five days before the Michigan primary.
RALEIGH — Amity Shlaes, senior fellow in economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations, recently addressed a John Locke Foundation Headliner luncheon in Raleigh. She also discussed her book, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
CHAPEL HILL — Win or lose in the presidential campaign of 2008, John Edwards will have one thing to cheer about: That pesky Chapel Hill neighbor that his wife complained about last spring will be gone.
