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BRYANT v. SAMPSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

No. 844SC289.

323 S.E.2d 478 (1984)

Selena E. BRYANT, Administrator of the Estate of Nettie Gavin Bryant v. SAMPSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce H. Robinson, Jr., Wallace, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ward & Smith, P.A. by Dale P. Johnson, Clinton, and Thomas E. Harris, New Bern, for defendant-appellee.

WEBB, Judge.

We hold it was error to exclude the testimony of Dr. Harris and it was error to allow the defendant's motion to dismiss. The Court would not allow Dr. Harris to testify as an expert on the proper treatment in Sampson County of the decubitus ulcers of plaintiff's intestate because it felt a pathologist is not an expert in the general practice of medicine. This was error. An expert witness is one who through study or experience or both is better qualified...

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