§ 143-300.2 Definitions
§ 143-300.3 Defense of State employees
§ 143-300.4 Grounds for refusal of defense
§ 143-300.5 Regulations for providing defense counsel
§ 143-300.6 Payments of judgments; compromise and settlement of claims
§ 143-300.7 Defense of medical contractors
§ 143-300.8 Defense of local sanitarians
§ 143-300.9 Payment of excess damages relating to unconstitutional taxes
§ 143-300.10 Payment of excess damages relating to unconstitutional goals program

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 143 > Article 31A - Defense of State Employees, Medical Contractors and Local Sanitarians

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Disadvantaged: A person who is socially and economically disadvantaged as defined in 15 U. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-128.4
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3