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CUMMINGS v. ORTEGA

No. 417PA10.

716 S.E.2d 235 (2011)

Penny CUMMINGS v. Agnes ORTEGA, M.D. and Women's Health Care Specialists, P.A.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 7, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neighbors Law Firm, P.C., Cary, by Patrick E. Neighbors , for plaintiff-appellee.

Crawford & Crawford, LLP, Raleigh, by Renee B. Crawford , Robert O. Crawford, III , and Arienne P. Blandina , for defendant-appellants.

JACKSON, Justice.

In this appeal we consider whether evidence contained in juror affidavits is admissible to support plaintiff's motion for a new trial in her medical malpractice case. Because we hold that these statements are inadmissible pursuant to Rule 606(b) of the North Carolina Rules of Evidence, we reverse.

On 18 May 2005, plaintiff Penny Cummings filed a medical malpractice action against defendants in the Superior Court, Harnett County. In her complaint...

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