Legal Opinion
Russell v. Adams
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided March 18, 1997No. COA96-534PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREENE, Judge.
Anne Russell (plaintiff) appeals the dismissal pursuant to N.C. Gen Stat. § 1A, Rule 12(b)(6) (1996) of her complaint which alleged that Dr. Donald Adams (Dr. Adams), a licensed psychologist in North Carolina, had committed medical malpractice, negligently and intentionally inflicted emotional distress, and made slanderous statements which caused the plaintiff to be ostracized from her daughter, Betsy Johnson (Ms. Johnson).
The relevant allegations of the complaint, filed on 12 September 1995, show that in 1989 Ms. Johnson sought the services of Dr. Adams. In April of 1989 Ms.…
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