Muse v. Charter Hospital of Winston-Salem, Inc.

LEWIS, Judge.

This appeal arises from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs in an action for the wrongful death of Delbert Joseph Muse, III (hereinafter “Joe”). Joe was the son of Delbert Joseph Muse, Jr. (hereinafter “Mr. Muse”) and Jane K. Muse (hereinafter “Mrs. Muse”), plaintiffs. The jury found that defendant Charter Hospital of Winston-Salem, Inc. (hereinafter “Charter Hospital” or “the hospital”) was negligent in that, inter alia, it had a policy or practice which required physicians to discharge patients when their insurance expired and that this policy interfered with the exercise of the…