PRESBYTERIAN-ORTHOPAEDIC HOSP. v. N.C. DHR

Parker, Poe, Adams Bernstein L.L.P., by Renee J. Montgomery and James C. Thornton, for petitioner-appellant and -appellee. Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by James A. Wellons, Special Deputy Attorney General, for respondent-appellee. Petree Stockton, L.L.P., by Noah H. Huffstetler, III, and Sharon L. McConnell, for intervenor-respondent-appellant and -appellee Mercy Hospital. Maupin Taylor Ellis Adams, P.A., by Robert L. Wilson, Jr., James E. Gates, and Peter D. Holthausen, for intervenor-respondent-appellant and -appellee Stanly Memorial Hospital.