Ratledge v. Perdue

CALABRIA, Judge.

*377Jonathan Ratledge ("plaintiff") appeals from the trial court's order dismissing his medical malpractice complaint against Phillip S. Perdue, Jr., M.D. ("Dr. Perdue") and Orthopaedics East and Sports Medicine Center, Inc. (collectively "defendants") for failure to comply with N.C. Gen.Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 9(j) (2013) (" Rule 9(j)"). We affirm.

On 15 August 2008, plaintiff, a baseball player at East Carolina University, visited Dr. Perdue to seek treatment for pain in his left hand.

*378Dr. Perdue determined that plaintiff had a fractured hamate hook, which would require surgery to…