No. 332A01
(Filed 1 February 2002)
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 143 N.C. App. 223, 552 S.E.2d 641 (2001), reversing summary judgment entered 6 December 1999 by Hockenbury, J., in Superior Court, Onslow County. On 19 July 2001, the Supreme Court granted defendants Frink; National Emergency Services, Inc.; and CP/National, Inc.’s petition for discretionary review of additional issues. Heard in the Supreme Court 13 November 2001.
Jimmy F. Gaylor for plaintiff-appellee.
Patterson, Dilthey, Clay & Bryson, L.L.P, by Christopher J. Derrenbacher, for defendant-appellants Marshall B. Frink, M.D.; National Emergency Services, Inc.; and CP/National, Inc., a/k/a Community Physicians/National, Inc.
Pursuant to this Court’s opinion in Thigpen v. Ngo, 355 N.C. 198, 558 S.E.2d 162 (2002), the decision of the Court of Appeals is *208reversed in part and discretionary review was improvidently allowed in part.
REVERSED IN PART AND DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED IN PART.