WHITAKER v. AKERS

No. COA99-561.

527 S.E.2d 721 (2000)

James E. WHITAKER, Plaintiff, v. Peggy H. AKERS, Executrix of the Estate of Richard E. Akers, M.D., and/or Medical Center Urology, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fuller, Becton, Slifkin & Bell, by Charles L. Becton and James C. Fuller, Raleigh, and The Johnson Law Office, by Debra I. Johnson, High Point, for plaintiff-appellant.

Brinkley Walser, PLLC, by Stephen W. Coles, Lexington, for defendant-appellee.


EAGLES, Chief Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case arising out of the treatment of plaintiff James Whitaker by the late Dr. Richard E. Akers, a urologist from High Point. The plaintiff substituted Peggy H. Akers, the executrix of Akers' estate, after Dr. Akers' death.

Plaintiff was in his early sixties when he first visited Dr. Akers. On that visit, plaintiff complained of urological problems. These problems...

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