HAMMOND v. SAINI

No. 492PA13.

766 S.E.2d 590 (2014)

Judy HAMMOND v. Saira SAINI, M.D.; Carolina Plastic Surgery of Fayetteville, P.C.; Victor Kubit, M.D.; Cumberland Anesthesia Associates, P.A.; Wanda Untch; James Bax; and Cumberland County Hospital System, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson Harkavy LLP, Raleigh, by Burton Craige and Narendra K. Ghosh ; and Beaver Holt Sternlicht & Courie, P.A., Fayetteville, by Mark A. Sternlicht , for plaintiff-appellee.

McGuireWoods, LLP, Raleigh, by Patrick M. Meacham , Mark E. Anderson , and Monica E. Webb , for defendant-appellants Wanda Untch, James Bax, and Cumberland County Hospital System, Inc.

The Lawing Firm, P.A., Greensboro, by Sally A. Lawing ; and The Whitley Law Firm, Raleigh, by Ann C. Ochsner , for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.

Linwood Jones , General Counsel, for North Carolina Hospital Association, amicus curiae.


In this case we consider whether certain documents in the possession of the Cumberland County Health System, Inc. ("CCHS") are shielded from discovery by section 131E-95 of the North Carolina General Statutes, which protects "[t]he proceedings of a medical review committee, the records and materials it produces and the materials...

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