Locklear v. Cummings

**354 This matter is before the Court based upon a dissent at the Court of Appeals. Locklear v. Cummings , --- N.C. App. ----, 801 S.E.2d 346 (2017). The dissent concluded that plaintiff pled "a claim of medical malpractice by a healthcare provider in her complaint, not a claim of ordinary negligence as asserted by the majority." Id. at ----, 801 S.E.2d at 352 (Berger, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part). We agree that the majority at the Court of Appeals erred when it converted plaintiff's claim of medical malpractice into a claim of ordinary negligence. See Viar v. N.C. Dep't of…