Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority v. Bruton

THOMAS, Judge.

Petitioners, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Duke University Medical Center, Mission-St. Joseph’s Health System, Inc., Moses Cone Health System, the North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc., and Wake Medical Center, appeal from the trial court’s order affirming the respondents’ decision to decline issuing a declaratory ruling. Petitioners set forth one assignment of error. For the reasons discussed herein, we affirm the trial court.

The facts are as follows: Petitioners are medical service providers whose patients include legal aliens here on a temporary visa who…