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CREECH v. MELNIK

No. COA95-1370.

477 S.E.2d 680 (1996)

Sharon CREECH and Travis Creech, Guardians ad Litem of Justin Creech, Minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Evelyn H. MELNIK, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd by Wade E. Byrd and Mary Ann Tally, Fayetteville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P. by Samuel G. Thompson, William H. Moss, and James Y. Kerr, II, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.

WYNN, Judge.

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on 23 September 1980, Southeastern General Hospital in Lumberton, North Carolina urgently called the defendant, Dr. Evelyn H. Melnik, to assist in the delivery of twins born to the plaintiffs, Sharon and Travis Creech. At the hospital, Dr. Melnik, a neonatologist, resuscitated Justin Creech and determined that his APGARS (initial birth assessment) were very low. Once stabilized, Justin was transferred to the nursery for admission...

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