PALMER v. JACKSON

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Celia Grasty Lata, Special Deputy Attorney General, and Brent D. Kiziah, Assistant Attorney General, for The University of North Carolina Hospitals and The University of North Carolina Physicians Associates, appellees. White Allen, P.A., by Thomas J. White, III; and The Bricio Law Firm, by Francisco J. Bricio, for White Law Offices, P.A., and Massengill Bricio, P.L.L.C., appellees. Morris York Williams Surles Barringer, L.L.P., by John F. Morris and Keith B. Nichols, for defendant-appellants. Ott Cone Redpath, P.A., by Melanie M. Hamilton and Wendell H. Ott, on behalf of amici curiae health care providers. Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough, L.L.P., by Joseph W. Eason, on behalf of the North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association, amicus curiae.