Opinion
No. 71PA24
05-21-2024
Doris Griffin LAND and Elliott Land v. Kori B. WHITLEY, M.D., Physicians East, P.A. d/b/a Greenville OB/GYN, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Vidant Medical Center, and Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Vidant Surgicenter
W. Gregory Merritt, Attorney at Law, New Bern, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al. Elizabeth P. McCullough, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al. Bruce W. Berger, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Doris Griffin Land, et al. MaryAnne Hamilton, Attorney at Law, For Doris Griffin Land, et al. Kelsey Heino, Attorney at Law, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al. Matthew W. Sawchak, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al. Erik R. Zimmerman, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al. Ethan R. White, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al. Justin G. May, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Medical Society, et al. Michael G. Schietzelt, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Medical Society, et al. Steven A. Bader, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Kelley M. Petcavich, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Derek A. Sutton, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Chamber Legal Institute, et al. Robert B. Womble, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Chamber Legal Institute, et al. A. Lee Hogewood, III, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Chamber Legal Institute, et al. Christy C. Dunn, Attorney at Law, For NC Health Care Facilities Association, et al. Angela F. Craddock, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Health Care Facilities Association, et al.
From N.C. Court of Appeals (23-250); From Pitt (22CVS395) Third District
W. Gregory Merritt, Attorney at Law, New Bern, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al.
Elizabeth P. McCullough, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al.
Bruce W. Berger, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Doris Griffin Land, et al. MaryAnne Hamilton, Attorney at Law, For Doris Griffin Land, et al.
Kelsey Heino, Attorney at Law, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al.
Matthew W. Sawchak, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al.
Erik R. Zimmerman, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al.
Ethan R. White, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Kori B. Whitley (M.D.), et al.
Justin G. May, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Medical Society, et al.
Michael G. Schietzelt, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Medical Society, et al.
Steven A. Bader, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys.
Kelley M. Petcavich, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys.
Derek A. Sutton, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Chamber Legal Institute, et al.
Robert B. Womble, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Chamber Legal Institute, et al.
A. Lee Hogewood, III, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Chamber Legal Institute, et al.
Christy C. Dunn, Attorney at Law, For NC Health Care Facilities Association, et al.
Angela F. Craddock, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For NC Health Care Facilities Association, et al.
ORDER
Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 12th of March 2024 by Defendants in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 21st of May 2024."
Therefore the case is docketed as of the date of this order’s certification. Briefs of the respective parties shall be submitted to this Court within the times allowed and in the manner provided by Appellate Rule 15(g)(2).