North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. v. Mitchell

MITCHELL, Justice.

The facts are essentially undisputed in this case. The record reveals that Henry L. Clark was treated at North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. (hereinafter “the hospital”) for injuries he sustained in an automobile accident. Total charges for the medical services he received from the hospital amounted to $27,579.69. Clark executed an assignment1 to the hospital of all amounts he *530had “received or shall receive as a result of’ his injuries, up to the amount necessary to satisfy his indebtedness to the hospital.

Clark retained the defendant, Beverly R. Mitchell, Esq., as…