HOLIDAY v. CUTCHIN

No. 823SC453.

305 S.E.2d 45 (1983)

Richard Lee HOLIDAY v. Lawrence M. CUTCHIN, M.D.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis & Atkins, Greenville, and McLeod & Senter, P.A. by Joe McLeod, Fayetteville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by James D. Blount, Jr., Nigle B. Barrow, Jr., and Timothy P. Lehan, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


BECTON, Judge.

This medical negligence action arises out of Dr. Lawrence M. Cutchin's alleged failure properly to diagnose and treat Richard Holiday, who complained of pain in his left leg and foot when seen in the Edgecombe General Hospital on 1 April 1980. Richard Holiday's left leg was subsequently amputated.

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The facts in this case are virtually uncontroverted. On 1 April 1980, Dr. Lawrence Cutchin examined Richard Holiday who was crying and...

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