North Carolina H700 allows claims for wrongful death or injury from medical malpractice to be filed if time-barred, effective from March 1, 2020.
North Carolina H700, the Patients' Restoration of Rights Act, revives civil actions for wrongful death or injury from medical malpractice that were otherwise time-barred. This applies to claims arising on or after March 1, 2020, excluding those directly caused by COVID-19. The act allows patients or their representatives to file such claims until one year after the act becomes law. The revived claims can be for wrongful death or medical malpractice under North Carolina law.
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