143-299.2. Limitation on payments by the State.
(a) The maximum amount that the State may pay cumulatively to all claimants on account of injury and damage to any one person arising out of any one occurrence, whether the claim or claims are brought under this Article, or Article 31A or Article 31B of this Chapter, shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000), less any commercial liability insurance purchased by the State and applicable to the claim or claims under G.S. 143-291(b), 143-300.6(c), or 143-300.16(c).
(b) The fact that a claim or claims may be brought under more than one Article under this Chapter shall not increase the above maximum liability of the State. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1087, s. 6; 1995, c. 509, s. 83; 2000-67, s. 7A(d); 2007-452, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions
Article 31 - Tort Claims against State Departments and Agencies.
§ 143-291.3 - Counterclaims by State.
§ 143-292 - Notice of determination of claim; appeal to full Commission.
§ 143-293 - Appeals to Court of Appeals.
§ 143-294 - Appeal to Court of Appeals to act as supersedeas.
§ 143-295 - Settlement of claims.
§ 143-296 - Powers of Industrial Commission; deputies.
§ 143-298 - Duty of Attorney General; expenses; subpoenas.
§ 143-299 - Limitation on claims.
§ 143-299.1 - Contributory negligence a matter of defense; burden of proof.
§ 143-299.1A - Limit use of public duty doctrine as an affirmative defense.
§ 143-299.2 - Limitation on payments by the State.
§ 143-299.3 - Use of State vehicles by North Carolina Amateur Sports; State to incur no liability.
§ 143-299.4 - Payment of State excess liability.
§ 143-300 - Rules and regulations of Industrial Commission; destruction of records.