BLACK v. LITTLEJOHN

No. 196A84.

325 S.E.2d 469 (1985)

Sharon Benson BLACK v. T.W. LITTLEJOHN, Sr., M.D.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Badgett, Calaway, Phillips, Davis, Stephens, Peed & Brown by Herman L. Stephens, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Petree, Stockton, Robinson, Vaughn, Glaze & Maready by J. Robert Elster, Michael L. Robinson, and Jackson N. Steele, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee.


FRYE, Justice.

On 1 October 1978, defendant, a licensed physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, performed surgery on plaintiff. The surgical procedures performed included a total abdominal hysterectomy, a bilateral salpingo oophorectomy, appendectomy and lysis of adhesions. Defendant prescribed and performed the surgery for plaintiff to alleviate and resolve a certain condition diagnosed by defendant as endometriosis. Plaintiff, in her affidavit, stated...

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