King v. Cape Fear Memorial Hospital, Inc.

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

In her first assignment of error, plaintiff contends the trial court erred in granting defendants’ motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6). She argues her claims were not barred by the applicable statutes of limitations because of the discovery exception for medical malpractice actions in G.S. l-15(c) which provides in pertinent part:

*341Whenever there is bodily injury to the person . . . which originates under circumstances making the injury . . . not readily apparent to the claimant at the time of its origin, and the injury ... is discovered or…