Hawkins v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital

I respectfully dissent from the majority on several major issues and would vote to reverse the Deputy Commissioner's Opinion and Award in this matter. However, the undersigned would affirm the Deputy's ruling that, as a matter of law, the holding ofSalaam v. Dept. of Transportation, Salaam, 122 N.C. App. 83,468 S.E.2d 536 (1996), disc. review improvidently allowed, 345 N.C. 494,480 S.E.2d 51 (1997) does not apply to consensual ex parte communication between plaintiff's counsel and her non-party treating physicians. Thus, Drs. Finestone's and Nunn's depositions should not be excluded on this…