A husband and wife shall have a cause of action against each other to recover damages for personal injury, property damage or wrongful death arising out of acts occurring outside of North Carolina, and such action may be brought in this State when both were domiciled in North Carolina at the time of such acts.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-5.1
Tort actions between husband and wife arising out of acts occurring outside State
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re" Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation (1984)
Most recently applied in In Re" Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation (February 1984)
1967, c. 855.
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.