County Implementation of New Medical Malpractice Law in North Carolina

Megan Silver

Effective October 1, 2021, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a new law regarding judicial assignment related to medical malpractice cases. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-47.3 (directing the rotation and assignment of superior court judges) has been amended to add a subsection, “[t]he Senior Resident Superior Court Judge shall designate a specific resident judge or…