Langwell v. Albemarle Family Practice, Pllc

STEPHENS, Judge.

I. Procedural History and Factual Background

On Monday, 19 May 2003 at around 9:00 a.m., Jeffrey Langwell presented to Albemarle Family Practice (“Albemarle”) as an acute walk-in patient. Mr. Langwell was seen by Tamely Tyson, a family nurse practitioner employed by Albemarle. At that time, Mr. Langwell reported to Nurse Tyson that “earlier in the week he just didn’t feel very good, but just kind of blew it off.” Then on Friday, he became short of breath and started coughing. He also got dizzy and vomited some. Although he was not dizzy or vomiting on the day he went to…