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HUGHES v. RIVERA-ORTIZ

No. COA06-1582.

653 S.E.2d 165 (2007)

Blondale HUGHES, Plaintiff v. Epifanio RIVERA-ORTIZ, M.D., and Callaway Associates, LLP, d/b/a Pro-Med of North Carolina, PLLC, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferguson, Stein, Gresham & Sumter, P.A., by S. Luke Largess, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, by Harvey L. Cosper, Jr., Lori R. Keeton, and Leigh A. Kite, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee Epifanio Rivera-Ortiz, M.D.

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, by Scott M. Stevenson and S. Frederick Winiker, III, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee Callaway Associates, LLP, d/b/a Pro-Med Mobile Services, LLC.

HUNTER, Judge.

Blondale Hughes ("plaintiff") filed a medical malpractice action on 23 January 2004, alleging that Dr. Epifanio Rivera-Ortiz ("Rivera-Ortiz") was negligent on 12 September 2002 in his care and treatment and that such negligence was imputed to Callaway1 Associates, LLP d/b/a Pro-Med of North Carolina PLLC ("Callaway").2 The jury found Rivera-Ortiz negligent, and found that Callaway had ratified...

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