North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has signed a bill making comprehensive changes to the workers' compensation system and said it will help keep the Tarheel State "business friendly."Perdue signed House Bill 709 and House Bill 542, the Tort Reform Citizens and Business Act, in a group of 115 bills she approved on June 23 and 24.Perdue said the new workers' compensation and tort reform laws provide a "business-friendly" match, according to a report in The Raleigh News & Observer.Perdue vetoed SB 33, which would have made it more difficult to sue doctors under emergency conditions at hos...
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