Geraldine VanDevender v. Blue Ridge of Raleigh, LLC

GERGEL, District Judge:

After a jury returned verdicts awarding compensatory and punitive damages for each Plaintiff in three wrongful death nursing home malpractice claims, Defendants moved for judgment as a matter of law, arguing Plaintiffs failed to produce evidence of an aggravating factor necessary to support an award of punitive damages under North Carolina law and failed to produce evidence necessary to support a verdict regarding Plaintiff Jones. The district court order granted the motion as to Plaintiffs' punitive damages awards and denied it as to Plaintiff Jones' award of…