WARREN v. GUILFORD COUNTY

No. COA97-1379.

500 S.E.2d 470 (1998)

Takisha WARREN, Administratrix of the Estate of Barbara Trapp, Plaintiff, v. GUILFORD COUNTY; Guilford County Area Mental Illness, Developmental Disability and Substance Abuse Authority; Ann Kelk; the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital; the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation, d/b/a Moses Cone Health System; and Elliott Lee Wentz, M.D., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Hodgman and Associates by Robert S. Hodgman, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Guilford County Attorney Jonathan V. Maxwell by Deputy County Attorney J. Edwin Pons, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee Ann Kelk.


GREENE, Judge.

Takisha Warren (Plaintiff), administratrix of the estate of Barbara Trapp (Trapp), appeals from the granting of Ann Kelk's (Kelk) Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss.1

On 11 April 1995, the Greensboro Police Department took Trapp, Plaintiff's decedent, to the emergency room at Moses Cone for treatment of a self-inflicted wound to her abdomen. She had complaints that reflected active paranoia and disorientation. At Moses...

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