SHELTON v. MOREHEAD MEMORIAL HOSP.

No. 8417SC1214.

332 S.E.2d 499 (1985)

Ann S. SHELTON and Robert F. Shelton, Jr. v. MOREHEAD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Linda T. Ross, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert J. Ross, M.D., Robert P. Shapiro, M.D., Stuart M. Bergman, M.D. and the Board of Trustees of Morehead Memorial Hospital, including Joseph G. Maddrey, John E. Grogan, James M. Daly, Jr., Roy C. Turner, Joyce Johnson, William O. Stone, Jessie L. Burchell, Garland S. Edwards, William R. Frazier and Gerald James, individually, and the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff of Morehead Memorial Hospital, including Shelton Dawson, M.D., Edward L. Groover, M.D., Barry L. Barker, M.D., David Lee Call, M.D., John R. Edwards, M.D. and James B. Parsons, M.D., individually.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham, Cooke, Miles & Bogan by Donald T. Bogan, Greensboro, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Tuggle, Duggins, Meschan & Elrod, P.A. by Joseph E. Elrod, III, J. Reed Johnston, Jr. and Sally A. Lawing, Greensboro, for defendants-appellees.


JOHNSON, Judge.

Plaintiffs assign error to the trial court's conclusion of law that (1) G.S. 131E-95 bars from discovery the materials, documents, and reports of Medical Review Committees; (2) G.S. 131E-95 bars a former Executive Director of a Hospital from testifying regarding Medical Review Committee proceedings and Board of Trustees proceedings; and (3) there is a common law privilege which bars from discovery hospital or medical staff committee proceedings or...

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