WOODS v. MOSES CONE HEALTH SYSTEM

No. COA08-1556.

678 S.E.2d 787 (2009)

Bobbiejo Lee WOODS, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Gordon Woods, Plaintiff, v. MOSES CONE HEALTH SYSTEM d/b/a Moses Cone Memorial Hospital and Guilford Neurosurgical Associates, P.A., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Grover C. McCain, Jr., by Grover C. McCain, Jr., Chapel Hill, for Plaintiff.

Wilson & Coffey, LLP, by G. Gray Wilson and Lorin J. Lapidus, Winston-Salem, for Defendant.

North Carolina Hospital Association, by Linwood L. Jones, Cary; and The North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, by Timothy P. Lehan and Deanna Davis Anderson, Raleigh, amicus curiae.


McGEE, Judge.

Thirty-one-year old Robert Gordon Woods (Woods) was scheduled for ambulatory surgery on 22 February 2005 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital and was to be discharged that same day. However, due to complications with his surgery, Woods was admitted to the hospital immediately following his surgery. Woods began complaining of difficulty swallowing and weakness in his right hand and foot. Woods' condition deteriorated...

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