Smock v. Brantley

MARTIN, Judge.

The trial judge ordered that denial of an immediate appeal would affect a substantial right of plaintiffs. This was tantamount to a certification that there was no just reason for delay, and we conclude accordingly that the appeal has been effectively certified and is therefore properly before us. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, R. Civ. P. 54(b) (1983).

Plaintiffs admitted during oral argument that the evidence present in the record before us does not present any genuine issue of material fact as to their allegations of corporate negligence by defendant Hospital. We agree. Nor is the…