Mealey's (December 18, 2018, 10:27 AM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Court of Appeals ordered a new trial on noneconomic damages, concluding on Dec. 4 that the trial court erred in allowing a jury to award damages for pain and suffering in medical malpractice litigation that resulted in a total award of more than $6 million to a decedent’s estate (Estate of Anthony Lawrence Savino v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, No. 17-1335, N.C. App., 2018 N.C. App. LEXIS 1172)....