POPE EX REL. POPE v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL SYSTEM, INC.

No. COA04-1273.

615 S.E.2d 715 (2005)

Emma Carson POPE, By and Through her Guardians ad Litem; Jimmy M. POPE and Jeannie B. Pope; Jimmy M. Pope, individually; and Jeannie B. Pope, individually, Plaintiffs, v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL SYSTEM, INC. formerly Cumberland County Hospital Authority, Inc., d/b/a Cape Fear Valley Medical Center; Linda T. McAlister, M.D., P.A. and Linda T. McAlister, M.D., Individually, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Daniel & Coxe, by Bradley A. Coxe, Wrightsville Beach, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Patterson, Dilthey, Clay, Bryson & Anderson, L.L.P. by Mark E. Anderson and Kathrine E. Downing, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


ELMORE, Judge.

Plaintiff Jeannie Pope was admitted to the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center (CFVMC) in Fayetteville, North Carolina for induction of labor on 2 February 1999. At approximately 4:20 a.m. on 3 February 1999, Dr. Linda McAlister examined the status of Ms. Pope's cervix. Dr. McAlister determined that she would rupture the membranes in order to expedite delivery and then immediately insert a fetal scalp electrode...

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