Sides v. Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, Inc.

CAMPBELL, Judge.

The plaintiff filed a motion to dismiss this appeal on the grounds that defendant had no right of appeal from the denial of the motion for summary judgment. While there is generally no right of appeal in such cases, G.S. 1-277 (b) does give the defendant the right to appeal the judge’s ruling as to jurisdiction over the defendant.

Defendant, Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, (Hospital) contends that it is an agency of the State of North Carolina, in the nature of a municipality or public corporation separate and apart from Cabarrus County. The Hospital further contends that the…