North Carolina’s highest court will not revisit a 2022 decision that overturned a 90-year-old precedent dealing with legal liability for nurses. Defendants in the case had challenged the earlier ruling
North Carolina’s highest court will not revisit a 2022 decision that overturned a 90-year-old precedent dealing with legal liability for nurses. Defendants in the case had challenged the earlier ruling issued by three members of the seven-member court.
Just three of seven N.C. Supreme Court justices voted last year to overturn a 90-year precedent involving nurses' protection from legal liability. The absence of a clear four-vote majority is prompting new legal action.
When the N.C. Supreme Court voted last year to overturn a 90-year-old precedent involving nurses’ legal liability, just three of the seven justices endorsed the change. Defendants in the case now hope the court will step back into the dispute to clarify the impact of a three-judge majority opinion. Plaintiffs in the case filed paperwork Thursday urging the court to stand by its 2022 decision.
A split N.C. Supreme Court has voted to overturn a 90-year-old state court precedent that protected nurses from legal liability. Because the majority decision secured just three votes on the seven-member court, it’s unclear how the latest ruling will affect future cases.