IN RE HUGHES

Nos. COA15-699, COA15-763, COA15-829.

785 S.E.2d 111 (2016)

In the Matter of HUGHES, by and through V.H. Ingram, Administratrix of the Estate of Hughes, Claim for Compensation Under the North Carolina Eugenics Asexualization and Sterilization Compensation Program, Claimant-Appellant. In the Matter of Redmond, by and through L. Nichols, Administratrix of the Estate of Redmond, Claim for Compensation Under the North Carolina Eugenics Asexualization and Sterilization Compensation Program, Claimant-Appellant. In the Matter of Smith, Claim for Compensation Under the North Carolina Eugenics Asexualization and Sterilization Compensation Program, Claimant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pressly, Thomas & Conley, PA, Statesville, by Edwin A. Pressly ; and UNC Center for Civil Rights, by Elizabeth McLaughlin Haddix , Pittsboro, for Claimant-Appellants.

Attorney General, Roy Cooper , by Assistant Attorney General, Marc X. Sneed , for North Carolina Department of Justice, Tort Claims Section.


Ms. Hughes ("Hughes"), Ms. Redmond ("Redmond"), and Mr. Smith ("Smith")1 were all "sterilized involuntarily under the authority of the Eugenics Board of North Carolina in accordance with Chapter 224 of the Public Laws of 1933 or Chapter 221 of the Public Laws of 1937." N.C. Gen.Stat. § 143B-426...

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