EDWARDS v. WALL

No. COA99-1490.

542 S.E.2d 258 (2001)

Jessica Elaine EDWARDS, a minor child by and through Susan F. EDWARDS, her Guardian Ad Litem, and Susan F. Edwards, individually, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. Stephen WALL, Lucy Downey, and Haywood Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Group, P.A., Defendant-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melrose, Seago & Lay, P.A., by Mark R. Melrose, Sylva, for plaintiff-appellants.

Northup & McConnell, P.L.L.C., by Isaac N. Northup, Jr., Asheville, for defendant-appellees.

Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P., by James P. Cooney III, for the North Carolina association of Defense Attorneys, Charlotte, amicus curiae.

Jones Martin Parris & Tessener, PLLC, by Tamara R. Nance and John Alan Jones, Raleigh, for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


McGEE, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the trial court's directed verdict entered pursuant to Rule 50 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. The trial court determined defendants were entitled to judgment as a matter of law because of plaintiffs' failure to offer any competent evidence that defendants had violated the standard of care. We disagree.

Defendants Stephen Wall and Lucy Downey are physicians practicing as pediatricians at Haywood Pediatric...

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