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MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSP. v. HAWLEY

No. COA08-712.

672 S.E.2d 742 (2009)

The MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Audrey HAWLEY and spouse, Samuel B. Hawley, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 17, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ott Cone & Redpath, P.A., by Thomas E. Cone, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robertson, Medlin & Blocker, PLLC, by W. Eric Medlin, Adrienne S. Blocker, and John F. Bloss, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant.

WYNN, Judge.

Under common law established by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, "a wife is liable for the necessary medical expenses provided for her husband."1 In this matter, Audrey Hawley argues that the modern application of the "Doctrine of Necessaries" is fundamentally flawed because it is based on the antiquated law that a married woman is legally disabled to handle her own financial affairs. Because this Court does not possess...

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