BURCL v. N.C. BAPTIST HOSPITAL, INC.

No. 7921SC1107.

266 S.E.2d 726 (1980)

Tracy BURCL, Administratrix of the Estate of Patricia B. Hylton v. NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL, INC.; Dr. Kathryn W. Collier; Dr. John S. Compere; Dr. David M. Dewan; Dr. Donald A. Dewhurst; Dr. C. Nash Herndon, Associate Dean; Dr. Laurence F. Hiller; Dr. James J. Hutson; Dr. Thomas H. Irving, Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology; Dr. Richard Janeway, Dean of Bowman Gray School of Medicine; Dr. Wayne Jarman; Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, III, Chairman of the Department of Medicine; Dr. Julian F. Keith, Chairman of the Department of Family and Community Medicine; Faye L. Magneson; Dr. Manson Meads, Director of Medical Center Board; Dr. Jesse H. Meredith; Dr. John C. Mueller; Dr. John Mustol; Dr. Richard T. Myers, Chairman of the Department of Surgery; Dr. Patricia Potter; Dr. Thomas J. Poulton; Dr. Richard Proctor, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry; Dr. L. Earl Watts; John Lynch, Administrator of North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Inc.; and Wake Forest University, Inc., d/b/a Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tornow & Lewis by Michael J. Lewis, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hudson, Petree, Stockton, Stockton & Robinson by R. M. Stockton, Jr. and Robert J. Lawing, Winston-Salem, for North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Inc., Dr. Kathryn W. Collier, Dr. David M. Dewan, Dr. Laurence F. Hiller, Dr. James J. Hutson, Dr. Wayne Jarman, Faye L. Magneson, Dr. John Mustol, Dr. Thomas J. Poulton, and John Lynch, defendants-appellees.

Hutchins, Tyndall, Bell, Davis & Pitt by William Kearns Davis, Winston-Salem, for Dr. Donald A. Dewhurst, Dr. C. Nash Herndon, Dr. Thomas H. Irving, Dr. Richard Janeway, Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, III, Dr. Julian F. Keith, Dr. Manson Meads, Dr. John C. Mueller, Dr. Patricia Potter, Dr. Richard Proctor, Dr. L. Earl Watts, and Wake Forest University, Inc., d/b/a Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, defendants-appellees.

Frank B. Aycock III, Charlotte, for Dr. John S. Compere, defendant-appellee.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, by James D. Blount, Jr. and Nigle B. Barrow, Jr., Raleigh, for Dr. Jesse H. Meredith and Dr. Richard T. Myers, defendants-appellees.


ERWIN, Judge.

Plaintiff states the only question for our decision:

"Did the trial court err in granting defendant's motion to dismiss and in denying the motion of the plaintiff, the duly qualified Virginia administratrix of her daughter's estate, to amend her pleadings in this wrongful death action to allege her subsequent appointment as ancillary administratrix in North Carolina, and have this amendment relate back to the original institution of this action...

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