The compromise settlement or release of a cause of action against a person responsible for a personal injury to another shall not operate as a bar to an action by the injured party against a physician or surgeon or other professional practitioner treating such injury for the negligent treatment thereof, unless the express terms of the compromise, settlement or release agreement given by the injured party to the person responsible for the initial injury provide otherwise.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-540.1
Effect of release of original wrongdoer on liability of physicians and surgeons for malpractice
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Fieser v. St. Francis Hospital & School of Nursing, Inc. (1973)
Most recently applied in Fieser v. St. Francis Hospital & School of Nursing, Inc. (May 1973)
1961, c. 212.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.