Legal Opinion
Forsyth County Board of Social Services v. Division of Social Services
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided August 12, 1986No. 194PA85PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRYE, Justice.
The dispositive issue in this case is whether the petitioners had standing to bring the suit. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we conclude that they did not.
On 19 May 1981, one Alexander Hines was found in a comatose state while at work and was taken to North Carolina Baptist Hospital. There he was diagnosed as having a large intracerebral hematoma in the right frontal region of the brain with intraventricular hemorrhage. Surgery was to no avail, and Hines remained comatose in a “persistent vegetative state” until he died on 7 October 1981. His medical care expenses…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Askew v. LEONARD TIRE COMPANYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
- Bache Halsey Stuart, Inc. v. HunsuckerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978
- Romano v. PeralesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Romano v. PeralesNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
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3Cited by15 opinions
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