NELSON v. PATRICK

No. 843SC465.

326 S.E.2d 45 (1985)

Lou S. NELSON v. Simmons I. PATRICK; John E. Flournoy; Gwendolyn S. Rombold and Kinston Radiological Associates, P.A.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Narron, Holdford, Babb, Harrison & Rhodes by William H. Holdford, Wilson, and James C. Lanier, Jr., Greenville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by Timothy P. Lehan and James D. Blount, Jr., Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.


WHICHARD, Judge.

Defendants contend the court erred in allowing plaintiff's expert witness, Dr. Montana, to testify about the standard of medical care and acceptable practice in Chapel Hill. They argue that no evidence showed that Chapel Hill was a community similar to Kinston, where defendants practiced, and that therefore Dr. Montana's testimony was irrelevant and its admission was prejudicial.

Plaintiff's first evidence was the following sworn testimony...

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