CATES v. WILSON

No. 8618SC392.

350 S.E.2d 898 (1986)

83 N.C. App. 448

Morgan Reed CATES, et als. v. Stanley C. WILSON, et als.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark & Wharton by David M. Clark and John R. Erwin, Greensboro, and Colson, Hicks, & Eidson by Mike Eidson, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Henson, Henson, Bayliss & Coates by Perry C. Henson, Jack B. Bayliss, Jr. and J. Victor Bowman, Greensboro, for defendants.


WELLS, Judge.

Plaintiffs contend the court erred in admitting evidence of receipt of benefits to plaintiffs from collateral sources. We agree.

Plaintiffs called Julia Cates, Morgan's grandmother, as a witness. She testified on direct examination about the circumstances surrounding Morgan's birth and his condition. Defendants were permitted to elicit the following information from her on cross-examination: all of plaintiffs' medical bills had been paid by Social...

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