Legal Opinion
Pangburn v. Saad
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided March 5, 1985No. 844SC266PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECTON, Judge.
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Plaintiff brought this action for compensatory and punitive damages for personal injuries suffered as a result of the wrongful release of her brother, Daniel Olin Pangburn, from Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina, by defendant, Dr. M. Saad, a staff psychiatrist at the hospital. Plaintiff alleges that her brother was discharged by defendant and sent home on 26 March 1982, and that less than 16 hours later, he stabbed her approximately 20 times with a kitchen knife, inflicting “serious, disfiguring and life-threatening wounds.” Dr. Saad made a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to…
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