Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s lawsuit against HCA Healthcare about its operation of Asheville’s Mission Hospital will proceed after North Carolina Business Court Judge Julianna Earp ruled in favor of several of the Attorney General’s arguments and largely denied HCA’s motion for summary judgment.

“HCA threw every argument against the wall to try to get this case thrown out, but they didn’t stick. I’m grateful the judge saw through them. We’re going to trial, and I will keep fighting to defend emergency and cancer care in western North Carolina.” – AG Jackson