Stallings v. Gunter

GREENE, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the trial court’s grant of defendant’s Rule 56 motion to dismiss her complaint based on the statute of repose for professional malpractice suits, N.C.G.S. § l-15(c) (1988).

The record shows that plaintiff Shirley S. Stallings was a dental patient of defendants prior to the time of suit. Defendant Dr. Roy W. Kelly (“Kelly”), a general dentist, provided dental treatment to plaintiff beginning in March, 1976. In 1981, plaintiff consulted with defendant Dr. Jerry M. Gunter (“Gunter”), an orthodontist, about applying braces to plaintiff’s teeth. Gunter applied the…