HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. v. Yerby

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where HMA was judicially estopped from asserting that the corporate veil should be pierced between HMA and Louisburg HMA, HMA was not licensed as an insurance carrier in North Carolina, and Louisburg HMA paid no monies to settle the Faulkner lawsuit, the trial court did not err in finding that neither HMA nor Louisburg HMA had standing to recover contribution from defendants. Where there was no factual issue that Dr. Yerby and Triangle Surgical Associates were independent contractors rather than employees of Louisburg HMA, the trial court properly granted summary judgment on…