DAWES v. NASH COUNTY

No. COA01-85.

559 S.E.2d 254 (2002)

Angela DAWES, Administratrix of the Estate of Effie Hendricks, Plaintiff, v. NASH COUNTY and Nash County Emergency Medical Services, a Division of Nash County, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duffus & Melvin, P.A., by R. Bailey Melvin, Greenville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, a Professional Limited Liability Company, by Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. and Mark A. Davis, Raleigh, for defendant-appellees.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the trial court's granting of defendants' motion for summary judgment based on defendants' qualification for sovereign (hereinafter, "governmental") immunity. We affirm.

On 30 May 2000, Angela Dawes, as administratrix of the estate of Effie Hendricks, filed a medical malpractice action against defendant Nash County EMS, a county-operated ambulance service, based on the alleged negligence of paramedics and emergency medical...

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