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STEWART v. SOUTHEASTERN REG. MED. CENTER

No. COA00-46.

543 S.E.2d 517 (2001)

Herman STEWART and Wife, Elizabeth A. Stewart, Plaintiffs, v. SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Robert A. Barefoot, Jr., M.D ., Sunil Sharma, M.D., Emergency Physician Associates, Inc., Lifelink Critical Care Transport, a division of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Cumberland County Hospital System, Inc., a/k/a Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Michel C. Pare, M.D., Carolina Neurosurgical Services, P.C., Max H. Faykus, Jr., M.D., David R. Fisher, M.D., Thomas J. Meakem, M.D., Leroy Roberts, JR., M.D., and Carolina Regional Radiology, P.A., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Poling & Casey, by Richard D. Poling and Deborah G. Casey, Charlotte, for plaintiff appellants.

Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P., by Renee B. Crawford, Raleigh, for Michel C. Pare, M.D., and Carolina Neurosurgical Services, P.C., defendant appellees; and Walker, Clark, Allen, Herrin & Morano, L.L.P., by Gay Parker Stanley, Goldsboro, for Thomas J. Meakem, M.D., Leroy Roberts, Jr., M.D., and Carolina Regional Radiology, P.A., defendant appellees.

Twiggs, Abrams, Strickland & Trehy, P.A., by Karen M. Rabenau and Donald H. Beskind, Raleigh, amicus curiae for North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.

McCULLOUGH, Judge.

Plaintiff Herman Stewart was injured in an automobile accident in Robeson County, North Carolina, on 14 January 1995. He was taken from the scene of the accident to Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Robeson County, where he was evaluated by defendant Robert A. Barefoot, Jr., M.D., an emergency room physician, for a closed head injury. Mr. Stewart was subsequently transferred to Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Cumberland County, where he received...

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