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KING v. ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

No. 382PA16.

809 S.E.2d 847 (2018)

Desiree KING, BY AND THROUGH her Guardian ad Litem, G. Elvin SMALL, III, and Amber M. Clark, Individually v. ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY d/b/a Albemarle Health/Albemarle Hospital, Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center, LLC d/b/a Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Northeastern OB/GYN, Ltd., Barbara Ann Carter, M.D., and Angela McWalter, CNM

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed March 2, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hammer Law, PC, by Amberley G. Hammer ; and Ashcraft & Gerel, LLC, Washington, DC, by Wayne M. Mansulla , pro hac vice, for plaintiff-appellee King.

Harris, Creech, Ward and Blackerby, P.A., New Bern, by Jay C. Salsman , and Charles E. Simpson, Jr. , for defendant-appellants Albemarle Hospital Authority and Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center, LLC.

Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh, by Samuel G. Thompson and Robert E. Desmond , for defendant-appellants Northeastern OB/GYN, Ltd., Barbara Ann Carter, M.D., and Angela McWalter, CNM.

Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, Chapel Hill, by Adam Stein ; and Whitley Law Firm, Raleigh, by Ann C. Ochsner , for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.

In this case we decide whether the appointment of a guardian ad litem on behalf of a minor removes the disability of minority and starts the running of the statute of limitations. As a minor's legal representative with the authority and directive to act, a guardian ad litem advocates for the legal rights of the minor...

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