Panel: Statute Of Repose, Bar Date Do Not Violate Claimant’s Constitutional Rights

Mealey's (November 20, 2017, 7:11 AM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — The bar date and the statute of repose under North Carolina law do not violate the North Carolina or U.S. constitutions, “either facially or as applied” to a claimant filing a workers’ compensation claim with the North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association (NCIGA), a North Carolina appeals panel ruled Nov. 7 (Thelma Bonner Booth, et al. v. Hackney Acquisition Co., et al., No. COA17-274, N.C. App., 2017 N.C. App. LEXIS 921)....