North Carolina High Court Ends Hospital’s Bid For New Trial Over Man’s Death

(October 12, 2020, 7:07 PM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A plaintiff’s expert presented sufficient evidence of pain and suffering for a jury to consider in a suit over the death of a man after being discharged from the hospital, the North Carolina Supreme Court concluded Sept. 25, holding that the hospital was not entitled to a new trial.  In reversing in part an appeals court decision, the state high court also held that the man’s estate was not required to separately allege a claim for administrative negligence (Estate of Anthony Lawrence Savino v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, No. 18PA19, N.C. Sup., 2020 N.C. LEXIS 836)....

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