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VIRMANI v. PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH SERVICES CORP.

No. COA96-1051.

493 S.E.2d 310 (1997)

A. Ron VIRMANI, MD, Plaintiff, v. PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH SERVICES CORP., Defendant. In re KNIGHT PUBLISHING COMPANY d/b/a The Charlotte Observer and John Hechinger.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No brief filed for plaintiff, A. Ron Virmani, MD.

Johnston, Taylor, Allison & Hord by Patrick E. Kelly and Greg C. Ahlum, Charlotte, for defendant.

Waggoner, Hamrick, Hasty, Monteith and Kratt, PLLC by John H. Hasty and G. Bryan Adams, III, Charlotte, for appellants Knight Publishing Company d/b/a The Charlotte Observer and John Hechinger.

Everett Gaskins Hancock & Stevens by Hugh Stevens and C. Amanda Martin, Raleigh, on behalf of The North Carolina Press Association and The News and Observer Publishing Company, amicus curiae.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by Julian D. Bobbitt, Jr., Raleigh, on behalf of The North Carolina Hospital Association and The North Carolina Medical Society, amicus curiae.

McGEE, Judge.

This appeal presents the issue of whether the trial court erred in closing courtroom proceedings to the public and in sealing various documents presented to the court in a civil action filed by Dr. Ron Virmani (Dr. Virmani) against Presbyterian Health Services Corp. (Presbyterian) regarding suspension of Dr. Virmani's medical staff privileges at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte.

Shortly after Dr. Virmani filed this action, Presbyterian, in...

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