Legal Opinion
Holley v. Burroughs Wellcome Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided October 7, 1986No. 361A85PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRYE, Justice.
Ervin Lee Holley was admitted to the Duke University Medical Center on 5 April 1976 for elective knee surgery. He was twenty-one years old and generally of good physical and mental health. The surgical procedure performed on 6 April 1976, however, resulted in severe irreversible brain damage to Mr. Holley.
On 31 December 1980, the guardians of the person and estate of Ervin Lee Holley filed a complaint against defendant pharmaceutical companies, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for the severe and permanent personal injuries to Mr. Holley. According to plaintiffs,…
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- Seley v. G. D. Searle & Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1981
- Moore v. Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
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