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DONAVANT v. HUDSPETH

No. 429PA85.

347 S.E.2d 797 (1986)

Lewis W. DONAVANT v. Allen S. HUDSPETH, M.D.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young, Haskins, Mann, Gregory & Young by Robert W. Mann, Martinsville, Va., and Cofer & Mitchell, P.A. by Eddie C. Mitchell, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellee.

Petree, Stockton, Robinson, Vaughn, Glaze & Maready by J. Robert Elster, Michael L. Robinson and J. Stephen Shi, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.

BILLINGS, Justice.

In March of 1979, the plaintiff, then age 43, consulted Dr. Joseph Gaddy, a cardiologist in Winston-Salem, because of chest pain (angina). Dr. Gaddy referred the plaintiff to Dr. Fred Kahl, a cardiologist at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, for tests to determine whether coronary bypass surgery was indicated. Dr. Kahl concurred with Dr. Gaddy that the bypass operation was appropriate.

Dr. Kahl recommended the defendant,...

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