614 S.E.2d 267 (2005)
359 N.C. 626
Jennifer L. PITTS, Administratrix of the Estate of Felicia Hope Lynch
No. 22A05.
Jennifer L. PITTS, Administratrix of the Estate of Felicia Hope Lynch
v.
NASH DAY HOSPITAL, INC., Englewood Ob-Gyn Associates, P.A., Tommy R. Harris, and Moses E. Wilson.
No. 22A05.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
July 1, 2005.*268 Rountree & Boyette LLP, by Charles S. Rountree, Tarboro, for plaintiff-appellee.
Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P., by Barry S. Cobb and James T. Newman, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellants Harris, Wilson, and Englewood Ob-Gyn Associates, P.A.
Roberts & Stevens, P.A., by James W. Williams and Anne W. Ford, Asheville, for North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.
Faison & Gillespie, by Mark R. McGrath, Durham, for North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.