SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA Docket#: 621A01
Full Docket Sheet
Last Updated: 01/12/2006
Anderson v Assimos Completed: Yes
MARGARET WRENN ANDERSON
v
[DR. DEAN GEORGE ASSIMOS, M.D., DR. R. LAWRENCE KROOVARD, M.D., DR.
MARK R. HESS, M.D., WAKE FORST UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS, WAKE FOREST
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER, THE MEDICAL CENTER OF BOWMAN GRAY
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE and NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL and THE NORTH
CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITALS, INCORPORATED]
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Docketed: 11/02/2001 Acquired: 11/02/2001 Bond Coll.: No
Appeal Type: NA-DISNT - Notice of Appeal - Dissent in Court of Appeals
Case Type: Civil (Civil_othr) Capital: No Pauper: No
Rule 16b: No
==================================HISTORY====================================
Venue: Guilford (18)
Previous: NC Court of Appeals
Case# Location Judge
99CVS8985 Guilford James R. Vosburgh
COA00-587 NC Court of Appeals Greene
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Next Due: DONE Due on: / / Argue(d): 09/10/2002 Seq#: 3
Record on Appeal is: Not In
First Appellant's Brief is: In
First Appellee's Brief is: In
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Type Date Who Brief/Rec Response Mailed Ruling
Filed Filed Due/In Due/In Out Date
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Notice/App 11/02/01 [A] / / / / 08/06/02 ********
NA-DISNT -
Filed By: [J. Reed Johnston of Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A for Defendant-Appellant
Assimos et al
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Notice/App 11/02/01 [A] / / / / / / 03/06/02
NA-CQ - Retained
Filed By: [J. Reed Johnston of Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A for Defendant-Appellant
Assimos et al
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Motion 11/13/01 [C] / / / / ******** 11/15/01
(Joint) for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief in Support
of Defendant-Appellants --> Allowed
Filed By: [Michael W. Mitchell] of Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell
for Amicus N.C. Medical Society et al
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Motion 11/27/01 [A] 12/17/01 / / ******** 11/27/01
for Extension of Time to File Brief --> Allowed
Filed By: [J. Reed Johnston of Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A for Defendant-Appellant
Assimos et al
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Motion 11/30/01 [E] / / / / ******** 12/04/01
for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief --> Allowed
Filed By: [Thomas L. Eure] for Amicus NC-ASHRM
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Motion 12/17/01 [C] / / / / ******** 12/18/01
for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief --> Allowed
Filed By: [Michael W. Mitchell] of Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell
for Amicus N.C. Medical Society et al
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Other Brief 12/17/01 [E] / / ******** 12/27/01 ********
AMICUS -
Filed By: [Thomas L. Eure] for Amicus NC-ASHRM
[Electronically filed]
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Other Brief 12/18/01 [C] / / ******** 01/25/02 ********
AMICUS -
Filed By: [Michael W. Mitchell] of Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell
for Amicus N.C. Medical Society et al
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Apt Brief 12/19/01 [A] / / ******** 12/31/01 ********
Filed By: [J. Reed Johnston of Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A for Defendant-Appellant
Assimos et al
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Motion 01/08/02 [B] 03/15/02 / / ******** 01/09/02
for Extension of Time to File Brief --> Allowed
Filed By: [Mary K. Nicholson] for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson
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Apee Brief 02/25/02 [B] / / ******** 03/18/02 ********
Filed By: [Mary K. Nicholson] for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson
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Motion 03/01/02 [H] / / / / ******** 03/04/02
for leave to be allowed to file Amicus Curiae Brief
in Support of Plaintiff Appellee --> Allowed
Filed By: [O. William Faison] of Faison & Gillespie for Amicus N.C.
Academy of Trial Lawyers
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Motion 03/01/02 [A] / / 03/05/02 ******** 11/21/02
to Strike (portions of Plaintiff Appellee's Brief) --> Dismissed as Moot
Filed By: [J. Reed Johnston of Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A for Defendant-Appellant
Assimos et al
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Motion 03/05/02 [B] / / 03/20/02 ******** 11/21/02
to Dismiss Appeal --> Dismissed as Moot
Filed By: [Mary K. Nicholson] for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson
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Motion 03/05/02 [B] / / / / ******** 11/21/02
to Sanction Appellants for Failure to Comply with the
Rules of Appellate Procedure --> Dismissed as Moot
Filed By: [Mary K. Nicholson] for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson
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Motion 03/06/02 [B] / / 03/20/02 ******** 11/21/02
(Amended) to Dismiss Appeal --> Dismissed as Moot
Filed By: [Mary K. Nicholson] for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson
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Motion 03/06/02 [B] / / / / ******** 11/21/02
(Amended) to Sanction Appellants for Failure to Comply
with the Rules of Appellate Procedure --> Dismissed as Moot
Filed By: [Mary K. Nicholson] for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson
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Motion 03/06/02 [B] / / / / ******** 03/21/02
to Strike and Set Aside the Amicus Brief of the N.C.
Medical Society, et al --> Denied
Filed By: [Mary K. Nicholson] for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson
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Motion 03/15/02 [I] / / / / ******** 03/21/02
for Admission Pro Hac Vice (Robert S. Peck) --> Allowed
Filed By: Seth H. Jaffe for Amicus ACLU of N.C. Legal Foundation
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Motion 03/15/02 [I] / / / / ******** 03/21/02
for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief --> Allowed
Filed By: Seth H. Jaffe for Amicus ACLU of N.C. Legal Foundation
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Other Brief 03/15/02 [I] / / ******** 03/27/02 ********
AMICUS -
Filed By: Seth H. Jaffe for Amicus ACLU of N.C. Legal Foundation
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Other Brief 03/19/02 [H] / / ******** 03/20/02 ********
AMICUS -
Filed By: [O. William Faison] of Faison & Gillespie for Amicus N.C.
Academy of Trial Lawyers
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Motion 03/19/02 [H] / / 04/01/02 ******** 11/21/02
for Leave to Submit Affidavits to the Court --> Dismissed as Moot
Filed By: [O. William Faison] of Faison & Gillespie for Amicus N.C.
Academy of Trial Lawyers
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Motion 04/01/02 [A] / / 04/09/02 ******** 11/21/02
to Strike Amicus Curiae Brief and Attached Appendix
of The N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers --> Dismissed as Moot
Filed By: [J. Reed Johnston of Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A for Defendant-Appellant
Assimos et al
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Memo 05/06/02 [A] ******** ******** / / ********
Filed By: [J. Reed Johnston of Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A for Defendant-Appellant
Assimos et al
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Motion 08/28/02 [B] / / / / ******** 09/03/02
for Permission to Proceed In Forma Pauperis --> Allowed
Filed By: [Mary K. Nicholson] for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson
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Motion 08/30/02 [J] / / 09/04/02 ******** 09/04/02
for Leave to participate in oral argument --> Allowed
Filed By: [Robert S. Peck] of Center for Constitutional Litigation,
for Amicus Association of Trial Lawyers
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Memo 09/09/02 [B] ******** ******** / / ********
Filed By: [Mary K. Nicholson] for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson
==================================OPINION====================================
Opinion Date: 11/22/2002 Cert. Date: 12/12/2002
Author: Per Curiam
Decision: Vacated in Part and Appeal Dismissed
Opinion Notes:
Op_Pages: 4 Opinion_$: 0.80
Cite: 356 NC 415
Petition Cite(s): 355 N.C. 348; 356 N.C. 432
==================================PARTIES====================================
Anderson, Margaret Wrenn (Plaintiff) (Appellee)
Assimos, Dean George (Defendant) (Appellant)
Hess, Mark R. (Defendant) (Appellant)
Kroovard, R. Lawrence (Defendant) (Appellant)
Medical Center of Bowman Gray (Defendant) (Appellant)
North Carolina Baptist Hospit (Defendant) (Appellant)
Wake Forest University Baptis (Defendant) (Appellant)
Wake Forest University Physic (Defendant) (Appellant)
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Charged Amount Paid Receipt# Pages
11/02/2001 10.00 11/16/2001 3725 0
For: Docket Fee
Filed By: [J. Reed Johnston of Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A for Defendant-Appellant
Assimos et al
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12/27/2001 26.25 01/15/2002 3843 15
For: Printing: AMICUS Brief. Filed 12/17/2001
Filed By: [Thomas L. Eure] for Amicus NC-ASHRM
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12/31/2001 119.00 01/15/2002 3849 68
For: Printing: Appellant Brief. Filed 12/19/2001
Filed By: [J. Reed Johnston of Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A for Defendant-Appellant
Assimos et al
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01/25/2002 1226.75 07/01/2002 4255 701
For: Printing: AMICUS Brief. Filed 12/18/2001
Filed By: [Michael W. Mitchell] of Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell
for Amicus N.C. Medical Society et al
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03/18/2002 101.50 09/05/2002 4450 58
For: Printing: Appellee Brief. Filed 02/25/2002
Filed By: [Mary K. Nicholson] for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson
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03/20/2002 140.00 06/18/2002 4244 80
For: Printing: AMICUS Brief. Filed 03/19/2002
Filed By: [O. William Faison] of Faison & Gillespie for Amicus N.C.
Academy of Trial Lawyers
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03/27/2002 82.25 06/18/2002 4238 47
For: Printing: AMICUS Brief. Filed 03/15/2002
Filed By: Seth H. Jaffe for Amicus ACLU of N.C. Legal Foundation
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08/06/2002 43.75 08/16/2002 4381 25
For: Printing: Notice of Appeal. - NA-DISNT - Filed 11/02/2001
Filed By: [J. Reed Johnston of Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A for Defendant-Appellant
Assimos et al
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=================================ATTORNEYS===================================
[Attorney for Defendant-Appellant Assimos et al]
Mr. [J. Reed Johnston, Jr.] [PRIMARY ATTY]
Attorney at Law [A]
[Ms. Amanda L. Fields, Attorney at Law, for Assimos]
[Mr. Robert A. Ford, Attorney at Law, for Assimos]
Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A
P.O. Box 2888
Greensboro, NC 27402
336-378-1431
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[Attorney for Plaintiff-Appellee Anderson]
Ms. [Mary K. Nicholson] [PRIMARY ATTY]
Attorney at Law [B]
616 West Friendly Avenue
Suite A
Greensboro, NC 27401
336-273-8469
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[Attorney for Amicus N.C. Medical Society et al]
Mr. [Michael W. Mitchell] [PRIMARY ATTY]
Attorney at Law [C]
[Mr. James D. Blount, Jr., for N.C. Medical Society et al]
[Mr. Christopher G. Smith, Attorney at Law, for N.C. Medical Society et al]
[Mr. J. Mitchell Armbruster, Attorney at Law, for N.C. Medical Society et al]
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell
& Jernigan, LLP
P.O. Box 2611
Raleigh, NC 27602-2611
821-1220
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[Attorney for Amicus N.C. Citizens Business, National]
Mr. [John B. McMillan] [PRIMARY ATTY]
Attorney at Law [D]
Manning, Fulton & Skinner, P.A.
P.O. Box 20389
Raleigh, NC 27619-0389
787-8880
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[Attorney for Amicus NC-ASHRM]
Mr. [Thomas L. Eure] [PRIMARY ATTY]
Chair, Legislative Committee [E]
500 Lauchwood Drive
Laurinburg, NC 28352
910-291-7509
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[Attorney for Amicus NC-ASHRM]
Mr. [Ken M. Nanney] [PRIMARY ATTY]
Attorney at Law [F]
P.O. Box 5003
Monroe, NC 28111-5003
704-283-3458
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[Attorney for Amicus NC-ASHRM]
Mr. [Ronald Burris] [PRIMARY ATTY]
Attorney at Law [G]
P.O. Box 1489
Albemarle, NC 28002
704-984-4127
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[Attorney for Amicus N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers]
Mr. [O. William Faison] [PRIMARY ATTY]
Attorney at Law [H]
[Mr. John W. Jensen, Attorney at Law, for North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers]
[Mr. Jonathan C. Sauls, Attorney at Law, for North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers]
[Ms. Kristen L. Beightol, Attorney at Law, for North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers]
Faison & Gillespie
P. 0. Box 51729
Durham, NC 27717-1729
919-489-9001
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[Attorney for Amicus ACLU of N.C. Legal Foundation]
Mr. Seth H. Jaffe [PRIMARY ATTY]
Attorney at Law [I]
P.O. Box 28004
Raleigh, NC 27611-8004
834-3466
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[Attorney for Amicus Association of Trial Lawyers]
Mr. [Robert S. Peck] [PRIMARY ATTY]
Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice [J]
Center for Constitutional Litigation,
P.C.
1050 31st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-944-2874
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