Case Title: Thigpen v. Ngo

Citation: 355 N.C. 207

Docket Number: 332A01

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Document:
2W Thigpen v. Ngo No. 332A01 (Filed 1 February 2002) No headnotes. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 332A01 FILED: 1 FEBRUARY 2002 KENDRA J. THIGPEN v. CORAZON NGO, M.D., MARSHALL B. FRINK., M.D., NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC., EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION, INC., CP/NATIONAL, INC. a/k/a COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS/NATIONAL, INC., and ONSLOW COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 143 N.C. App. 223, 552 S.E.2d 641 (2001), reversing summary judgment entered 6 December 1999 by Hockenbury, J., in Superior Court, Onslow County. On 19 July 2001, the Supreme Court granted defendants Frink; National Emergency Services, Inc.; and CP/National, Inc.’s petition for discretionary review of additional issues. Heard in the Supreme Court 13 November 2001. Jimmy F. Gaylor for plaintiff-appellee. Patterson, Dilthey, Clay & Bryson, L.L.P., by Christopher J. Derrenbacher, for defendant-appellants Marshall B. Frink, M.D.; National Emergency Services, Inc.; and CP/National, Inc., a/k/a Community Physicians/National, Inc. PER CURIAM. Pursuant to this Court’s opinion in Thigpen v. Ngo, ___ N.C. ___, ___ S.E.2d ___ (Feb. 1, 2002) (No. 292A01), the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed in part and discretionary review was improvidently allowed in part. -3- REVERSED IN PART AND DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED IN PART.