BARHAM v. HAWK

No. COA02-1393.

600 S.E.2d 1 (2004)

Gloria BARHAM, Administratrix of the Estate of Billy Melvin Barham, Plaintiff, v. Rodney J. HAWK, M.D. and Hendersonville Ear Nose & Throat, P.A., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blanchard, Jenkins, Miller & Lewis, P.A., by Robert O. Jenkins and E. Hardy Lewis, Raleigh; Feagan and Foster, by Phillip R. Feagan, Columbus, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P., by Scott M. Stevenson and Meg Sohmer Wood, Charlotte, for defendants-appellees.


GEER, Judge.

This appeal addresses the admissibility of expert testimony in a medical malpractice case. Plaintiff Gloria Barham appeals two rulings by the trial court, arguing that (1) the trial court erroneously admitted standard of care testimony by Dr. Danko Cerenko; and (2) the court improperly barred the expert testimony of Dr. Eric Kraus, who examined her husband's ear following surgery by defendant Dr. Rodney J. Hawk. We hold that the trial court erroneously...

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