King by and Through Small v. Albemarle Hospital Authority
Citations
- 809 S.E.2d 847
- 370 N.C. 467
Syllabus
Medical malpractice action on behalf of minor child for birth-related injuries whether, after the complaint was dismissed under Rule 41 and refiled six years later, N.C.G.S. 1-17(b) extended the three-year statute of limitations for professional malpractice actions established in N.C.G.S 15(c), thus preventing the refiled complaint from being time barred.
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- applying this rule to find that by incorporating constructive ownership in one subsection of a statute, but not another, Congress obviously intended the concept of “ownership” to be distinct in each section
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Judges: Newby, Beasley
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