HYLTON v. KOONTZ

No. COA99-1053.

532 S.E.2d 252 (2000)

Mary Nell HYLTON, Administratrix of the Estate of William McKinley Hylton, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Thomas J. KOONTZ, M.D., Salem Surgical Associates, P.A., Benzion Schkolne, M.D., Piedmont Anesthesia and Pain Consultants, P.A., and Medical Park Hospital, Inc., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young, Haskins, Mann, Gregory & Smith, P.C., by Fred D. Smith, Jr., Martinsville, VA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Wilson & Iseman, L.L.P., by G. Gray Wilson and Tamura D. Coffey, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellees.


GREENE, Judge.

Mary Nell Hylton (Plaintiff), Administratrix of the Estate of William McKinley Hylton (Decedent), appeals from the trial court's order granting Medical Park Hospital, Inc.'s (the Hospital) motion for summary judgment.

The record and the pleadings reveal Decedent underwent surgery for the removal of his gall bladder at the Hospital. Thomas J. Koontz, M.D. (Dr. Koontz), a surgeon, performed the operation, and Benzion Schkolne, M.D. (Dr. Schkolne...

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