VAUGHAN v. MASHBURN

No. COA15-1230.

795 S.E.2d 781 (2016)

Maria VAUGHAN, Plaintiff, v. Lindsay MASHBURN, M.D., and Lakeshore Women's Specialists, PC, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: December 30, 2016


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP, by Patricia P. Shields , Raleigh, and Joshua D. Neighbors ; Shapiro, Appleton & Duffan, P.C., by Kevin M. Duffan ; and Collum & Perry, PLLC, Mooresville, by Travis E. Collum , for Plaintiff.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, by Chip Holmes , Charlotte, and John D. Branson , for Defendants.


This appeal presents the issue of whether a trial court abused its discretion in denying Plaintiff's motion to amend a timely-filed complaint alleging medical malpractice in order to clarify a defective Rule 9(j) certification where (1) the motion to amend is made after the statute of limitations has expired, but (2) the evidence...

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