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HOLIDAY v. CUTCHIN

No. 430PA83.

316 S.E.2d 55 (1984)

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

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLeod & Senter, P.A. by Joe McLeod and William L. Senter, Fayetteville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by James D. Blount, Jr., Susan M. Parker and Nigle B. Barrow, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

EXUM, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice claim. The sole issue raised is the admissibility of character evidence offered by defendant physician to bolster his credibility as a witness. The Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Becton, concurred in by Judges Arnold and Hill, concluded that admission of this evidence was error entitling plaintiff to a new trial. We allowed defendant's petition for further review. We now affirm.

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