COLTRAINE v. PITT CTY. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

No. 773SC381.

242 S.E.2d 538 (1978)

35 N.C. App. 755

Lelia G. COLTRAINE, Administratrix of the Estate of Hubert Gray Coltraine, Deceased v. PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodman, Rodman, Holscher & Francisco by Edward N. Rodman and David C. Francisco, Washington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smith, Anderson, Blount & Mitchell by John H. Anderson and Joseph E. Kilpatrick, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


ARNOLD, Judge.

We believe that plaintiff's evidence, viewed, as it must be, in the light most favorable to her, was not sufficient to overcome defendant's motion for directed verdict (G.S. 1A-1, Rule 50). In order to make out a case of negligence, plaintiff must introduce evidence tending to support the conclusion (1) that defendant was negligent and (2) that such negligence was a proximate cause of the death of plaintiff's intestate. See, e. g. McNair v. Boyette...

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