HENRY v. DEEN

No. 200A83.

310 S.E.2d 326 (1984)

310 N.C. 75

Joe HENRY, Administrator of the Estate of Archie Lee Henry v. Floyd DEEN, Jr., M.D., Floyd Deen, Jr., M.D., P.A., Ann Hall and Abdul-Hakim Niazi-Sai, M.D.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A. by Gary S. Hemric, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Golding, Crews, Meekins, Gordon & Gray by John G. Golding, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant Niazi-Sai.

Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman by Charles V. Tompkins, Jr. and Fred B. Clayton, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee Deen.

No counsel appeared for defendant-appellee Hall.


MITCHELL, Justice.

This case involves claims of an administrator of a decedent's estate against two physicians and a physician's assistant for wrongful death and civil conspiracy. The questions addressed in this appeal include (1) whether the plaintiff's motion to amend his complaint should have been allowed; (2) whether the complaint sufficiently stated a claim for punitive damages arising out of the alleged negligence of the defendants; and (3) whether the dismissal...

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