Nicholson v. Thom

STEPHENS, Judge.

Background

This case arises from claims of negligence and loss of consortium brought on 21 May 2008 by Plaintiff Stephen C. Nicholson, administrator of the estate of his wife Geraldine Anne Nicholson (“the decedent”). Prior to 28 June 2005, at the age of fifty-four, the decedent began experiencing heavy rectal bleeding. It was later discovered that she had a cancerous tumor in her rectum. Plaintiff’s claims stem from a surgical procedure performed by Defendant Arleen Kaye Thom, M.D., to remove the tumor. The surgery was performed at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center (“Cape Fear”)…