Court of Appeals of North Carolina August 21, 2012, No. COA12-216 (Estate of Wooden ex rel. Jones v. Hillcrest Convalescent Center, Inc.)

HUNTER, JR., Robert N., Judge.

This is a wrongful death action alleging medical malpractice. Andrea Wooden Jones, executrix of Phyllis Reynolds Wooden’s estate, (‘‘Plaintiff’) filed this action during a 120-day extension of the applicable statute of limitations for filing a medical malpractice action in North Carolina.