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WILLIAMSON v. LIPTZIN

No. COA99-813.

539 S.E.2d 313 (2000)

Wendell Justin WILLIAMSON, Plaintiff, v. Myron B. LIPTZIN, M.D., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, James, Rowlett & Cohen, L.L.P., by Seth R. Cohen, Greensboro, and Gordon & Nesbit, P.L.L.C., by L.G. Gordon, Jr., Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellee.

Pipkin, Knott, Clark & Berger, L.L.P., by Bruce W. Berger, Raleigh, and Smith, Helms, Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by James G. Exum, Jr., Greensboro, Matthew W. Sawchak and Hampton Y. Dellinger, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

Kilpatrick Stockton, L.L.P., by Noah H. Huffstetler, III, Raleigh, for North Carolina Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, North Carolina Medical Society and North Carolina Psychological Association, amici curiae.

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

This case arises out of the tragic events of 26 January 1995, when Wendell Williamson ("plaintiff") shot and killed two people in downtown Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Plaintiff brought suit against Myron B. Liptzin ("defendant"), a psychiatrist at Student Psychological Services of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ("Student Services") who treated plaintiff, on the grounds that he was...

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