Medical malpractice

Rules of evidence shouldn’t treat Advanced Practice Nurses like second-class providers

In North Carolina, the category of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) includes Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Certified Nurse Midwives, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Nurse Practitioners. APRNs already play an important role in North Carolina’s health care system, and, if the N.C. General Assembly grants them a level of independence commensurate with their training and expertise,...

Jon Guze

Opinion

Recent ruling highlights importance of sticking to constitutional limits

An Appeals Court judge recognizes the limits of his job. He refuses to ignore a decades-old precedent.

Mitch Kokai

News

NCGA Overrides Five Perdue Vetoes — Who Benefits?

RALEIGH — With the help of a handful of conservative-leaning Democrats in the House, the GOP majority last week successfully overrode Perdue’s vetoes of five bills, including those addressing tort reform, abortion restrictions, and a regulatory overhaul.

David N. Bass

News

NCGA Set to Send $19.6 Billion Budget to Perdue

RALEIGH — Unofficial plans are for the legislature to adjourn by June 17 and reconvene for special sessions in July and September to resolve redistricting and to pass constitutional amendments.

David N. Bass

News

NCGA Preview: Week of April 25

RALEIGH — The budget and redistricting will dominate discussion and debate this week at the General Assembly. Tort reform, property rights, a tax credit for private education, and offshore drilling also are on the agenda.

Sara Burrows

News

Republicans Chop Additional $1.4 Billion from Perdue Budget

RALEIGH — Republican leaders and Gov. Bev Perdue sparred over a budget resolution, unemployment benefits, and extending temporary taxes imposed in 2009. House committees rolled out their first detailed budget proposals.

Sara Burrows

Help Support Non-profit Journalism & Donate Today

News

NCGA Finds Plenty to Do in Crowded Eighth Week

RALEIGH — Lawmakers are finding plenty to occupy themselves during the long session that reached its two-month anniversary on Wednesday. Legislators squabbled over medical malpractice reform, strengthening access to public records, expanding protections for unborn children, and requiring voters present a valid ID at the polls.

David N. Bass

News

Doctors Face Off Against Lawyers Over Malpractice Bill

RALEIGH — The bill has brought on a battle of the titans — physician-advocacy groups versus trial-lawyer associations, the latter of which reap monetary rewards from winning big-ticket malpractice cases on behalf of patients.

David N. Bass

News

NCGA Preview: Week of Feb. 21

RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue hinted last week she might veto Senate Bill 13, a bill cutting economic incentives programs she supports. She also suggested she would allow House Bill 2, which would exempt North Carolinians from the individual mandate in the federal health care law, to become law without her signature.

Sara Burrows

Opinion

Two Sensible Tort Reforms

Our civil justice system should make injured parties whole while limiting the amount plaintiffs can recover for harms that cannot be measured objectively.

Daren Bakst

News

NCGA Preview: Week of February 14

RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue is expected to outline her budget in tonight’s State of the State Address. Overall, legislative leaders predict fewer controversial bills on the chamber floors and more committee activity this week.

David N. Bass

Opinion