Title: Hughes v. Rivera-Ortiz
Citation: 362 N.C. 501
Docket Number: 611A07
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: October 10, 2008

BLONDALE HUGHES v. EPIFANIO RIVERA-ORTIZ, M.D., and CALLAWAY
ASSOCIATES, LLP d/b/a PROMED OF NORTH CAROLINA, PLLC 
No. 611A07
FILED: 10 OCTOBER 2008
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the
decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 187 N.C.
App. ___, 653 S.E.2d 165 (2007), affirming an order entered 30
November 2005 denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial
following a judgment entered 31 October 2005, both by Judge
Richard D. Boner in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County.  On 6
March 2008, the Supreme Court allowed plaintiff’s petition for
discretionary review of the unanimous portion of the same Court
of Appeals opinion that reversed and remanded the trial court’s
denial of defendant Callaway’s motion for directed verdict in its
favor.  Heard in the Supreme Court 11 September 2008. 
Ferguson, Stein, Gresham & Sumter, P.A., by S. Luke 
Largess, for plaintiff-appellant.
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, by Harvey L. Cosper, 
Jr., Lori R. Keeton, and Leigh K. Hickman, for
defendant-appellee Epifanio Rivera-Ortiz, M.D.
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, by Scott M. Stevenson
and Tasha L. Winebarger, for defendant-appellee
Callaway Associates, LLP, d/b/a ProMed of North
Carolina, PLLC.
PER CURIAM.
As to the issue on direct appeal based on the
dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals is
affirmed.  The petition for discretionary review as to an
additional issue was improvidently allowed.
-2-
AFFIRMED IN PART; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY
ALLOWED.