Leonard v. Bell

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA19-742 Filed: 4 August 2020 Cumberland County, No. 16-CVS-3205 MARTIN LEONARD, Plaintiff, v. RONALD BELL, M.D., INDIVIDUALLY, PHILLIP STOVER, M.D., INDIVIDUALLY, Defendants. Appeal by plaintiff from order entered 22 January 2019 by Judge Beecher R. Gray in Superior Court, Cumberland County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 3 March 2020. Knott & Boyle, PLLC, by Ben Van Steinburgh and W. Ellis Boyle, for plaintiff- appellant. Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP, by M. Duane Jones and Luke P. Sbarra, for defendant-appellee Bell. Attorney…