CONNETTE v. CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL

No. 331PA20.

876 S.E.2d 420 (2022)

2022-NCSC-95

Edward G. CONNETTE, as guardian ad litem FOR Amaya GULLATTE, a Minor, and Andrea Hopper, individually and as parent of Amaya Gullatte, a Minor, v. The CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY d/b/a Carolinas Healthcare System, and/or The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority d/b/a Carolinas Medical Center, and/or The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority d/b/a Levine Children's Hospital, and Gus C. VanSoestbergen, CRNA.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed August 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards Kirby, LLP, by Mary Kathryn Kurth , Raleigh, John R. Edwards , Mount Olive, and Kristen L. Beightol , for plaintiff-appellants.

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., by Matthew W. Sawchak , Raleigh, Jonathan C. Krisko , Charlotte, Stephen D. Feldman , Raleigh, Erik R. Zimmerman , Chapel Hill, and Travis S. Hinman , Charlotte; and Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A., Charlotte, by Christopher M. Kelly , for defendant-appellees.

McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh, by Mark E. Anderson , Joan S. Dinsmore , and Linwood L. Jones , for North Carolina Healthcare Association, amicus curiae.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., Raleigh, by J. Mitchell Armbruster , for North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists, amicus curiae.


¶ 1 Plaintiffs petitioned this Court for discretionary review of the unanimous opinion rendered by the Court of Appeals in Connette ex rel. Gullatte v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, 272 N.C. App. 1, 845 S.E.2d 168 (2020), in which the lower appellate court found no error...

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