SHARPE v. WORLAND

No. 55PA99.

522 S.E.2d 577 (1999)

351 N.C. 159

Lassie M. SHARPE v. David Eric WORLAND, Greensboro Anesthesia Associates, P.A., Wesley Long Community Hospital, Inc., John Does I through XXV, and Jane Does I through XXV.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faison & Gillespie, by O. William Faison and John W. Jensen, Durham, for plaintiff-appellee.

Carruthers & Roth, P.A., by Richard L. Vanore and Norman F. Klick, Jr., Greensboro, for defendant-appellants David Eric Worland and Greensboro Anesthesia Associates.

Lawing, Sharpless & Stavola, P.A., by Joseph M. Stavola and Joseph P. Booth, III, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant Wesley Long Community Hospital.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., by Michael E. Weddington, Raleigh, on behalf of North Carolina Physicians Health Program, Inc., amicus curiae.


MARTIN, Justice.

On 5 March 1997 plaintiff, Lassie M. Sharpe, initiated this medical malpractice action against named defendants David Eric Worland, M.D. (Dr. Worland), Greensboro Anesthesia Associates, P.A. (Greensboro Anesthesia), and Wesley Long Community Hospital, Inc. (the Hospital) for personal injuries she received while being treated at the Hospital. Plaintiff alleges that Dr. Worland, an employee of Greensboro Anesthesia and a practicing anesthesiologist...

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