Green v. Kearney

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 123A13
FILED 4 OCTOBER 2013
LARRY DONNELL GREEN, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, SHARON
CRUDUP; LARRY ALSTON, individually; and RUBY KELLY, individually
v.
WADE R. KEARNEY, II; PAUL KILMER; KATHERINE ELIZABETH LAMELL;
PAMELA BALL HAYES; RONNIE WOOD; PHILLIP GRISSOM, JR.; DR. J.B.
PERDUE, individually and in his official capacity as Medical Examiner of Franklin
County; LOUISBURG RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.;
FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPSOM FIRE AND
RESCUE ASSOCIATION, INC.; and FRANKLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
a body politic
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of
the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 739 S.E.2d 156 (2013), affirming an order
entered on 8 February 2012 by Judge Henry W. Hight, Jr. in Superior Court, Franklin
County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 5 September 2013.
Bell & Vincent-Pope, P.A., by Judith M. Vincent-Pope, for plaintiff-appellants
Larry Alston and Ruby Kelly.
Troutman Sanders LLP, by Gary S. Parsons and Whitney S. Waldenberg, for
Pamela Ball Hayes, Ronnie Wood, and Louisburg Rescue and Emergency
Medical Services, Inc.; and Young Moore and Henderson, P.A., by David M.
Duke, for Wade R. Kearney, II, defendant-appellees.
Glenn, Mills, Fisher & Mahoney, P.A., by Carlos E. Mahoney, and Whitley Law
Firm, by Ann C. Ochsner, for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus
curiae.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
GREEN V. KEARNEY
Opinion of the Court
Justice JACKSON did not participate in the consideration or decision of this
case.
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