Roberts v. Durham County Hospital Corp.

How later courts describe this case

• upholding the constitutionality of the statute of repose (N.C.G.S. § 1-15(c)) for a medical malpractice action based upon the leaving of a foreign object in a person’s body during the performance of professional services
• “It is fundamental that a person seeking to raise the question as to the validity of an allegedly discriminatory statute has no standing for that purpose unless he belongs to the class allegedly prejudiced by the statute.”