Opinion
No. 20PA98
Filed 9 July 1998
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 128 N.C. App. 312, 494 S.E.2d 787 (1998), reversing an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant entered by Sumner, J., on 19 December 1996 in Superior Court, Nash County. Heard in the Supreme Court 26 May 1998.
Alison A. Erca for plaintiff-appellee.
Battle, Winslow, Scott Wiley, P.A., by J. Brian Scott and M. Greg Crumpler, for defendant-appellant.
Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner Kincheloe, L.L.P., by Neil P. Andrews, on behalf of N.C. Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.
Pursuant to this Court's holding in Dyson v. Stonestreet, 326 N.C. 798, 392 S.E.2d 398 (1990), we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand this case to that court for further remand to the Superior Court, Nash County, for reinstatement of its summary judgment in favor of defendant.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.