Robert Pease v. the Charlotte Hungerford Hospital

Summary

The court held that the denial of a postjudgment motion for civil contempt is an appealable final judgment. On the merits, it held that, absent extraordinary circumstances, civil contempt is not an appropriate means of enforcing an ordinary monetary judgment or award of costs when statutory postjudgment collection remedies are available, and affirmed the denial of the hospital's motion. No separate opinions were filed.