A Wake County auto tort plaintiff will get a new trial after the Court of Appeals held that the trial court abused its discretion by ordering production of documents and simultaneously sanctioning him for failing to comply with its order. The trial court sanctioned the plaintiff by excluding two medical bills totaling $3,455 from evidence. Noting that the jury considered $8,705 of medical bills before awarding $12,000, the Court of Appeals posited that "the jury intended to cover all medical bills stemming from the accident plus an additional amount for pain and suffering."
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