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NC Justices Won t Adopt Loss Of Chance Med Mal Doctrine
Law360 (December 18, 2020, 11:07 PM EST) The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday refused to adopt the loss of chance doctrine for medical malpractice cases in a suit accusing a doctor of failing to timely diagnose a woman s stroke and depriving her of the chance of a better medical outcome.
In a 6-1 ruling, the state s highest court affirmed summary judgment in favor of Dr. James Howard Hermann in a suit accusing the emergency medicine physician of failing to timely administer medication to patient Anita Kathleen Parkes, who exhibited signs of a stroke in 2014.