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VIRMANI v. PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH SERVICES

No. 62PA97-2.

515 S.E.2d 675 (1999)

A. Ron VIRMANI, M.D. v. PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH SERVICES CORP. In re Knight Publishing Company d/b/a The Charlotte Observer and John Hechinger.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bush, Thurman & Wilson, P.A., by Tom Bush, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellee.

Kilpatrick Stockton, L.L.P., by Noah H. Huffstetler, III, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

Waggoner, Hamrick, Hasty, Monteith & Kratt, P.L.L.C., by John H. Hasty and G. Bryan Adams, III, Charlotte, for intervenors-appellees Knight Publishing Co. and John Hechinger.

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

Everett, Gaskins, Hancock & Stevens, L.L.P., by Hugh Stevens and C. Amanda Martin, Raleigh, on behalf of North Carolina Press Association, Inc., and The News and Observer Publishing Co., Inc.; and Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., by Mark J. Prak, Raleigh, on behalf of North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, Inc., amici curiae.

MITCHELL, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents an issue of first impression for this Court. We are called upon to decide whether the public and the news media have a right of access to civil court proceedings and records pertaining to medical peer review evaluations and, if so, the extent of this right. Specifically, appellant presents questions for review regarding the Court of Appeals' decision reversing several orders entered in a civil lawsuit in Superior Court...

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