{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1d-45","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1D-45","heading":"Frivolous or malicious actions; attorneys' fees.","body":"The court shall award reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from the defense against the punitive damages claim, against a claimant who files a claim for punitive damages that the claimant knows or should have known to be frivolous or malicious. The court shall award reasonable attorney fees against a defendant who asserts a defense in a punitive damages claim that the defendant knows or should have known to be frivolous or malicious. (1995, c. 514, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 1D. Punitive Damages."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1D/GS_1D-45.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:32Z","sha256":"16e03c2908b48b58810b0225affacea1b4b56f465751749505cb956f093fae14","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1d-40","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1d-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}