Legal Opinion
Rhyne v. K-Mart Corp.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided April 2, 2004No. 522A02PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRADY, Justice.
The issues presented by the instant case concern the constitutionality and applicability of N.C.G.S. § ID-25, a statute which limits the amount of punitive damages recoverable in civil actions. We con- elude that N.C.G.S. § ID-25 is not violative of the North Carolina Constitution and applies to limit recovery of punitive damages per each plaintiff, even where multiple plaintiffs are joined together in one suit. Accordingly, we affirm the opinion of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
The action underlying the issues before this Court arose out of an incident between plaintiffs…
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