Case Name: Candie L. WILLOUGHBY and Jerome Willoughby, Plaintiffs v. JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ; Johnston Memorial Hospital Authority d/b/a Johnston Health ; Johnston Memorial Hospital Authority d/b/a Johnston Medical Center-Smithfield, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs v. Steris Corporation and General Electric Company, Third-Party Defendants
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 2017-11-01
Citations: 805 S.E.2d 491
Docket Number: No. 338P16
Parties: Candie L. WILLOUGHBY and Jerome Willoughby, Plaintiffs
v.
JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ; Johnston Memorial Hospital Authority d/b/a Johnston Health ; Johnston Memorial Hospital Authority d/b/a Johnston Medical Center-Smithfield, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs
v.
Steris Corporation and General Electric Company, Third-Party Defendants
Judges: 
Reporter: South Eastern Reporter 2d
Volume: 805
Pages: 491–491

Head Matter:
Candie L. WILLOUGHBY and Jerome Willoughby, Plaintiffs
v.
JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ; Johnston Memorial Hospital Authority d/b/a Johnston Health ; Johnston Memorial Hospital Authority d/b/a Johnston Medical Center-Smithfield, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs
v.
Steris Corporation and General Electric Company, Third-Party Defendants
No. 338P16
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
November 1, 2017
Charles R. Holton, Attorney, Amy C. Folk, Attorney, Jackson R. Price, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, for Johnston Memorial Hospital Authority, et al.
Charles D. Mast, Attorney at Law, Smithfield, Leon Lucas, Attorney at Law, Kenly, for Willoughby, Candie L., et al.
Jon Berkelhammer, Attorney at Law, Lenor Marquis Segal, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, M. Christian King, Attorney, for General Electric Company.
Jay Anthony Audino, Attorney at Law, Greenville.
William K. Davis, Attorney at Law, Andrew A. Freeman, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, for Steris Corporation.
Alan M. Ruley, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem.
Kevin G. Williams, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem.
ORDER

Opinion:
Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 6th of September 2016 by Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs (Steris Corporation) in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 1st of November 2017."
Ervin, J. recused