{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.53","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.53","heading":"Separate trial required.","body":"Upon motion of any party in an action that includes a claim brought pursuant to this Article involving a managed care entity, the court shall order separate discovery and a separate trial of any claim, cross-claim, counterclaim, or third-party claim against any physician or other health care provider. (2001-446, s. 4.7.)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 1G. Health Care Liability."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-21.53.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"bdd7c547ee47f2d3590d2a285d7ffc7357ce901b7c4121327686dff16d4a61a4","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.52","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}