Estrada v. Burnham

PARKER, Judge.

On 18 June 1982, at 4:28 p.m., a complaint styled “Michael Anthony Estrada v. Steven J. Burnham” was filed in Durham *558County Superior Court, and a civil summons was issued. The complaint alleged that defendant was negligent in his care and treatment of plaintiff during a 17 June 1979 through 7 July 1979 hospitalization at North Carolina Memorial Hospital, and that as a proximate result of defendant’s negligence, plaintiff had to undergo amputation of his left leg and sustained medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. Two minutes after the complaint was filed, at 4:30…