Segrest v. Gillette

WEBB, Justice.

Defendants’ Appeal

The defendants appeal from that part of the decision of the Court of Appeals which held it was error to admit into evidence an exhibit which contained evidence that Amy’s death was caused by a viral infection rather than an anesthetic as contended by the plaintiff. A short time before Amy died, blood was drawn from her for a laboratory test for the Epstein-Barr virus. The test was performed at Presbyterian Hospital which had the only laboratory in Charlotte capable of performing the Epstein-Barr test. According to the defendants’ evidence, the results of the…