FAIRFIELD v. WAKEMED

No. COA18-295.

821 S.E.2d 277 (2018)

Starla N. FAIRFIELD and Lenny Fairfield, husband and wife, Plaintiffs, v. WAKEMED, also doing business as WakeMed Health & Hospitals; Marsha M. Smith, M.D.; Benjamin German, M.D.; Chudaratna Bhargava, M.D.; and John & Jane Doe Medical Staff, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: October 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Jones , Durham, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP, by Carl Newman and Katherine Hilkey-Boyatt , Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.


In this case, we must once again determine the effect of a litigant's failure to fully comply with the pleading requirements imposed by Rule 9(j) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure on a complaint alleging medical malpractice. Starla Fairfield and Lenny Fairfield ("Plaintiffs") appeal from the trial court's order dismissing...

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