Opinion
No. 35A90
Filed 13 June 1990
APPEAL of right by defendant Gary B. Stonestreet pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-30 (2) (1989) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 96 N.C. App. 564, 386 S.E.2d 595 (1989), reversing an order of directed verdict for said defendant entered by Barefoot, J., on 14 February 1989 in Superior Court, NEW HANOVER County. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 May 1990.
Thomas J. Morgan for plaintiff-appellee.
Murchison, Taylor, Kendrick, Gibson Davenport, by Vaiden P. Kendrick and John L. Coble, for defendant-appellant.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of Becton, J., the decision of the Court of Appeals is
Reversed.