EPPS v. DUKE UNIVERSITY, INC.

No. COA95-182.

468 S.E.2d 846 (1996)

Hamlet EPPS, Robert Epps, Mary Montgomery, Jennifer Daniel, and Hazel Gadson, Plaintiffs, v. DUKE UNIVERSITY, INC., a North Carolina Corporation, Private Diagnostic Clinic, a North Carolina Partnership, John Peter Longabaugh, M.D., Nathan Pulkingham, M.D., Russell Hjelmstad, M.D., Michael Wilson, M.D., and Kathryn Lane, M.D., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A. by Adam Stein and Ann Hubbard, Chapel Hill, for plaintiff appellees.

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Special Deputy Attorney General Mabel Y. Bullock, for defendant appellant.


SMITH, Judge.

In this appeal from the trial court's denial of summary judgment, defendant appellant Dr. Russell Hjelmstad (hereinafter "Hjelmstad") contends he is not individually liable to plaintiffs in tort, because of the doctrine of public official immunity. Defendant argues plaintiffs' complaint is defective because it asserts a claim against a state officer acting in his official capacity. Therefore, defendant contends plaintiffs' action is barred by public...

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