
    Robert E. King and wife, Jo Ann O'neal v. Michael S. Bryant, M.D., and Villages Surgical Associates, P.A.
    No. 294PA14
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    February 19, 2016.
    O. Drew Grice, Jr., Attorney at Law, Goldsboro, Robert D. Walker, Jr., Attorney at Law, Alexandra Couch, for Bryant, Michael S. (M.D.), et al.
    Mark A. Sternlicht, Attorney at Law, Fayetteville, for King, Robert E., et al.
    Matthew D. Ballew, Attorney at Law, Burton Craige, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, for N.C. Advocates for Justice.
    ORDER
   On 21 August 2015, this Court ordered this case certified to the trial court for additional findings of fact as to "[w]hether a physician-patient relationship existed at the time Mr. King signed the arbitration agreement." On 6 November 2015, the trial court entered the additional findings of fact.

The Court on its own motion now orders that the parties submit supplemental briefs addressing the effect, if any, of the trial court's additional findings of fact on the proceedings in this case. Appellants' supplemental brief shall be filed no later than thirty days after the date of this order, and appellees' supplemental brief shall be filed no later than thirty days following appellants' filing.

By order of the Court in Conference, this 19th day of Feb. 2016.  