North Carolina High Court Finds Doctor Breached Fiduciary Duty To Patient

(January 31, 2017, 2:49 PM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina Supreme Court majority on Jan. 27 affirmed a lower court of appeals order to not enforce arbitration after finding that an arbitration agreement that was signed by a patient who was injured during a surgery is unenforceable because of a breach of fiduciary duties by the doctor (Robert E. King, et al. v. Michael S. Bryant, et al., No. 294PA14, N.C. Sup., 2017 N.C. LEXIS 24)....

Attached Documents

Related Sections