N.C. BAPTIST HOSPITALS, INC. v. HARRIS

No. 284PA86.

354 S.E.2d 471 (1987)

319 N.C. 347

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITALS, INC. v. Donnie G. HARRIS and Vern Dell Harris.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turner, Enochs, Sparrow & Boone, P.A. by Thomas E. Cone and Wendell H. Ott, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Finger, Parker & Avram by Raymond A. Parker, II and M. Neil Finger, Jonesville, for defendants-appellees.

Miller, Johnston, Taylor & Allison by James W. Allison and Paul A. Kohut, Charlotte, for Presbyterian Hosp., amicus curiae.


MEYER, Justice.

On 20 January 1982 defendant Donnie Harris was admitted to plaintiff North Carolina Baptist Hospital for medical treatment. This treatment was in fact provided. It was stipulated by the parties that the treatment was necessary for the health and well-being of Mr. Harris.

At the time of Mr. Harris' admission to the hospital, the hospital's business office submitted to his wife, defendant Vern Dell Harris, a form to sign authorizing treatment...

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