This Article shall be liberally construed to the end that actions be speedily and finally determined on their merits. The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law must be strictly construed does not apply to this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-75.1
Legislative intent
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 41 F. Supp. 2d 1350 - Moore v. McKibbon Bros., Inc. (1998)
Most recently applied in 233 N.C. App. 412 - Washington v. Cline (April 2014)
1967, c. 954, s. 2.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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.