MEDLEY v. N.C. DEPT. OF CORRECTION

No. 360PA90.

412 S.E.2d 654 (1992)

330 N.C. 837

Joe C. MEDLEY v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, Inc. by Richard E. Giroux, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Attorney General Lacy H. Thornburg by Assistant Attorney General Kim L. Cramer, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from a medical negligence claim filed with the North Carolina Industrial Commission by plaintiff, an inmate at Odom Correctional Institution, against the Department of Correction (DOC) under the North Carolina Tort Claims Act, N.C.G.S. § 143-291. Defendant filed answer and motion to dismiss the claim insofar as it was based on the alleged negligence of Dr. John H. Stanley, a physician who had treated plaintiff. The motion...

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