State Supreme Court / N.C.

Johnson v. Ruark Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, P.A.

Decided August 29, 1990. John Webb wrote the opinion for the court.

395 S.E.2d 85 · Cited 287 times

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Williamson v. Bennett · 112 S.E.2d 48
Stanback v. Stanback · 254 S.E.2d 611
Thing v. La Chusa · 771 P.2d 814
Dillon v. Legg · 68 Cal. 2d 728
Nicholson v. Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, Inc. · 266 S.E.2d 818
Southern Express Co. v. Byers · 240 U.S. 612
Dickens v. Puryear · 276 S.E.2d 325
Johnson v. RUARK OBSTETRICS, ETC., PA · 365 S.E.2d 909
Leong Ex Rel. Petagno v. Takasaki · 520 P.2d 758
Norfolk Southern Railroad v. Ferebee · 238 U.S. 269
Crews v. Provident Finance Company · 157 S.E.2d 381
Elden v. Sheldon · 758 P.2d 582
Kelley v. Kokua Sales and Supply, Ltd. · 532 P.2d 673
Morrow Ex Rel. Morrow v. Southern Railway Co. · 195 S.E. 383
McDowell v. Davis · 235 S.E.2d 896
Kirby v. Jules Chain Stores Corp. · 188 S.E. 625
Ramirez v. Armstrong · 673 P.2d 822
Wright v. City of Los Angeles · 219 Cal. App. 3d 318
Helmstetler v. Duke Power Co. · 32 S.E.2d 611
Campbell v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. · 362 S.E.2d 273
Gain v. Carroll Mill Company · 787 P.2d 553
Campbell v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. · 352 S.E.2d 902
Wesley v. Greyhound Lines, Inc. · 268 S.E.2d 855
Wilder v. City of Keene · 131 N.H. 599
Michigan Sanitarium & Benevolent Ass'n v. Neal · 139 S.E. 841

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