Legal Opinion
Hylton v. Koontz
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided July 5, 2000No. COA99-1053PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREENE, Judge.
Mary Nell Hylton (Plaintiff), Administratrix of the Estate of William McKinley Hylton (Decedent), appeals from the trial court’s order granting Medical Park Hospital, Inc.’s (the Hospital) motion for summary judgment.
The record and the pleadings reveal Decedent underwent surgery for the removal of his gall bladder at the Hospital. Thomas J. Koontz, M.D. (Dr. Koontz), a surgeon, performed the operation, and Benzion Schkolne, M.D. (Dr. Schkolne) was the anesthesiologist. Surgery commenced at 8:50 a.m., and at 3:25 p.m. that same day, the Decedent died while still in the Hospital.…
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