North Carolina General Statutes 143-300.10. Payment of excess damages relating to unconstitutional goals program
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 143-300.10
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
In an action to which this Article applies, the State shall pay the excess amount of a judgment or settlement under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-300.6 for damages against a State employee or member of a State board or commission for enforcing or administering a goals program promoting participation by disadvantaged businesses, minority businesses, and women businesses, in contracts let by a State department or agency that is held unconstitutional. The excess amount is the amount of the judgment or settlement over (i) the limit provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-300.6(a) and (ii) any coverage under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-32-15. This section does not waive the sovereign immunity of the State with respect to any claim. (1991 (Reg. Sess. 1992), c. 1044, s. 39(a).)