Kerr v. Long

657 S.E.2d 920 (2008)

Violet KERR, Plaintiff

v.

Fred LONG, Jr., M.D., Defendant.

No. COA07-916.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 18, 2008.

Cedric R. Perry, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, LLP, by David D. Ward, Jaye E. Bingham, and Michael C. Allen, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.

JACKSON, Judge.

Violet Kerr ("plaintiff") appeals from the trial court's order entered 4 January 2007 granting a directed verdict in favor of Dr. Fred Long, Jr. ("defendant"). For the following reasons, we affirm.

On 21 January 2003, plaintiff began experiencing pain in her gallbladder…