THIGPEN v. NGO

No. 292A01.

558 S.E.2d 162 (2002)

Kendra J. THIGPEN v. Corazon NGO, M.D., Marshall B. Frink, M.D., National Emergency Services, Inc., Emergency Physicians Association, Inc., CP/National, Inc. a/k/a Community Physicians/National, Inc., and Onslow County Hospital Authority.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy F. Gaylor, Jacksonville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Harris, Creech, Ward and Blackerby, P.A., by C. David Creech, New Bern and W. Gregory Merritt, for defendant-appellant Corazon Ngo, M.D.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP, by John D. Madden, Raleigh and Deanna Davis Anderson, for defendant-appellant Onslow County Hospital Authority.


WAINWRIGHT, Justice.

This case arises from an order of the trial court dismissing plaintiff's complaint alleging medical malpractice because of plaintiff's failure to comply with Rule 9(j) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure and dismissing, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, plaintiff's amendment to the complaint because it is barred by the applicable statute of limitations, N.C.G.S. § 1-15(c) (1999).

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