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  "name_abbreviation": "O'Mara v. Wake Forest University Health Sciences",
  "decision_date": "2008-05-09",
  "docket_number": "No. 414PA07",
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    "judges": [
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    "parties": [
      "JOSEPH O\u2019MARA, a minor, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Larry Reavis; and JANELLA O\u2019MARA v. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES; NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL; FORSYTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.; and NOVANT HEALTH, INC."
    ],
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      {
        "text": "ORDER\nHaving reviewed the briefs and heard oral arguments on plaintiffs\u2019 appeal on 6 May 2008, the Court ex mero motu modifies its previous order, dated 6 December 2007, by further allowing plaintiffs\u2019 petition for discretionary review for the limited purpose of ordering briefing on the questions of (i) whether the trial court erred by allowing defendants\u2019 motion to disqualify plaintiffs\u2019 expert witness based upon deposition testimony in response to defendants\u2019 questions alone without giving plaintiffs the opportunity to voir dire the witness or submit evidence in opposition to the motion and (ii) if the trial court did err, whether this error was prejudicial to plaintiffs.\nPlaintiffs shall have thirty (30) days from the date of this order to file and serve their brief, and defendants shall have thirty (30) days from the service of plaintiffs\u2019 brief to file and serve their brief.\nThe Court will render its decision without further oral argument.\nBy order of the Court in conference, this the 9th day of May, 2008.\nHudson, J. For the Court",
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    "head_matter": "JOSEPH O\u2019MARA, a minor, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Larry Reavis; and JANELLA O\u2019MARA v. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES; NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL; FORSYTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.; and NOVANT HEALTH, INC.\nNo. 414PA07"
  },
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