Supreme Court of North Carolina August 29, 1986, 563PA85 (Shelton v. Morehead Memorial Hospital)

EXUM, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice action in which plaintiffs claim first that they were injured by the negligence of defendants, Drs. Robert J. Ross (now deceased) and Robert P. Shapiro. Second, plaintiffs claim that defendants Hospital, its Board of Trustees, and the Executive Committee of its Medical Staff were negligent in allowing Drs.