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Pitts v. Nash Day Hosp., Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jul 1, 2005
359 N.C. 626 (N.C. 2005)

Opinion

No. 22A05

Filed 1 July 2005

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 167 N.C. App. 194, 605 S.E.2d 154 (2004), reversing an order allowing defendants' motion for directed verdict entered on 19 December 2002 by Judge Milton F. Fitch, Jr. in Superior Court, Nash County. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 May 2005.

Rountree Boyette LLP, by Charles S. Rountree, for plaintiff-appellee. Yates, McLamb Weyher, L.L.P., by Barry S. Cobb and James T. Newman, Jr., for defendant-appellants Harris, Wilson, and Englewood OB-GYN Associates, P.A. Roberts Stevens, P.A., by James W. Williams and Anne W. Ford, for North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae. Faison Gillespie, by Mark R. McGrath, for North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Pitts v. Nash Day Hosp., Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jul 1, 2005
359 N.C. 626 (N.C. 2005)
Case details for

Pitts v. Nash Day Hosp., Inc.

Case Details

Full title:JENNIFER L. PITTS, Administratrix of the Estate of FELICIA HOPE LYNCH v…

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Jul 1, 2005

Citations

359 N.C. 626 (N.C. 2005)
614 S.E.2d 267

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