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Sweatt v. She Ling Wong

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided July 17, 2001No. COA00-608PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALKER, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a medical malpractice action in which the jury awarded the estate (plaintiff) of deceased Rachel Sweatt (Sweatt) $850,000 in damages as a result of the joint and several neg ligence of general surgeons She Ling Wong (defendant) and Eugene Stanton (Stanton). Sweatt was admitted to the Emergency Room of Richmond Memorial Hospital on 12 December 1993 experiencing extreme abdominal pain. The next day a sonogram revealed multiple gallstones and possible acute cholecystitis. Dr. Gilbert Arenas (Dr. Arenas), her family physician, recommended that she see…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Bryant v. Nationwide Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  2. Abels v. Renfro Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1993
  3. People Ex Rel. Attorney General Ex Rel. Boyer v. TeagueSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  4. State v. MasseySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
  5. FormyDuval v. BunnCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2000

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