Rouse v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc.

ORR, Justice.

This appeal arises from a medical malpractice action brought by Vickie Rouse (“plaintiff Rouse”), individually and as guardian ad litem for her minor son, Travis Sentel Rouse (“the minor plaintiff’), on 30 January 1989 against defendants Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc. (“the Hospital”), Dr. Jarlath MacKenna, Dr. Lynn Borchert, Dr. Robert Brame, Dr. Michael Watkins, Dr. Thomas Byrne, and Dr. Joel McCuaig. Defendants MacKenna, Borchert, and Brame were on-call attending physicians in the Department of Obstetrics (“OB”) and Gynecology at the Hospital during plaintiff’s labor and…