JOHNSON v. RUARK OBSTETRICS, ETC., P.A.

No. 8610SC942.

365 S.E.2d 909 (1988)

Glenn W. JOHNSON, Administrator of the Estate of James Wayland Johnson and Barbara K. Johnson and Glenn W. Johnson v. RUARK OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.A. (Formerly The Ruark Clinic, P.A.), L. Joseph Swaim, Thomas B. Greer, Warner L. Hall, and Courtney D. Egerton.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence, Evans & Mazer by Steven L. Evans, Raleigh, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by Samuel G. Thompson and William H. Moss, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.


GREENE, Judge.

Plaintiffs alleged the individual physician-defendants, formerly practicing as the Ruark Clinic, P.A., negligently caused the stillborn birth of their forty-week-old fetus. Plaintiffs sought recovery for the wrongful death of their child, for their individual emotional distress, and for certain compensatory and punitive damages. Plaintiffs specifically alleged defendants' failure to treat Mrs. Johnson's diabetic condition caused their infant to die...

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