MUSE v. CHARTER HOSPITAL OF WINSTON-SALEM, INC

Wade E. Byrd for plaintiff-appellees. Smith Helms Mulliss Moore, L.L.P., by Bynum M. Hunter and Alan W. Duncan; and Ricci, Hubbard, Leopold Frankel, P.A., by James R. Hubbard, for defendant-appellants. Poyner Spruill, L.L.P., by Benjamin P. Dean, on behalf of North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae. Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham Sumter, P.A., by Adam Stein; and Elizabeth F. Kuniholm on behalf of North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.