Bass v. Durham Cty. Hosp. Corp.

Full title: CHERYL BASS v. DURHAM COUNTY HOSPITAL CORPORATION, AND REBECCA S. RICH, M.D

Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Mar 1, 2004

358 N.C. 144 (N.C. 2004)

592 S.E.2d 687

Opinion

No. 349A03

Filed 5 March 2004

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 158 N.C. App. 217, 580 S.E.2d 738 (2003), reversing and remanding an order entered 29 October 2001 by Judge Narley L. Cashwell in Superior Court, Durham County, granting defendants judgment on the pleadings and dismissing plaintiff's claims. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 February 2004.

Hollowell, Mitchell, Von Hagen, Eyster Warner, P.A., by Joseph T. Copeland and Donald R. Von Hagen, for plaintiff-appellee. Patterson, Dilthey, Clay, Bryson Anderson L.L.P., by E.C. Bryson, Jr. and Christopher J. Derrenbacher, for defendant-appellant Rebecca S. Rich, M.D. Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell Jernigan, L.L.P., by Timothy P. Lehan and Deanna Davis Anderson, for defendant-appellant Durham County Hospital Corporation.

PER CURIAM.

For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.

REVERSED.