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  "name_abbreviation": "Estridge v. Housecalls Healthcare Group, Inc.",
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    "judges": [
      "Justice Martin did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case."
    ],
    "parties": [
      "SAMMY E. ESTRIDGE, III v. HOUSECALLS HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.; TERRY JUDSON WARD; CAROL WARD; and CHRISTINE STEWART"
    ],
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      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nAs to the issue regarding the admission of Robert Nowell\u2019s testimony, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed for the reasons stated in Chief Judge Eagles\u2019 dissent.\nREVERSED.\nJustice Martin did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.",
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      "Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A., by Robert C. Cone and J. Reed Johnston, Jr., for plaintiff-appellant.",
      "Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by J. Donald Cowan, Jr.; James G. Exum, Jr.; and Paul K. Sun, Jr., for defendantappellees."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "SAMMY E. ESTRIDGE, III v. HOUSECALLS HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.; TERRY JUDSON WARD; CAROL WARD; and CHRISTINE STEWART\nNo. 47A99\n(Filed 3 December 1999)\nEvidence\u2014 malicious prosecution \u2014 employer\u2019s Medicaid over-billing \u2014 malice\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals in this case is reversed for the reason stated in the dissenting opinion that evidence of defendant employer\u2019s over-billing practices for Medicaid was relevant in a malicious prosecution action to show malice.\nJustice Martin did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.\nAppeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 131 N.C. App. 744, 509 S.E.2d 219 (1998), affirming in part and reversing in part a judgment signed 23 May 1997 by McHugh, J., in Superior Court, Guilford County, and remanding for a new trial. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 November 1999.\nTuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A., by Robert C. Cone and J. Reed Johnston, Jr., for plaintiff-appellant.\nSmith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by J. Donald Cowan, Jr.; James G. Exum, Jr.; and Paul K. Sun, Jr., for defendantappellees."
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