Opinion
No. 330A08.
Filed December 12, 2008.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 191 N.C. App. ___, 664 S.E.2d 326 (2008), affirming an order dismissing plaintiffs complaint entered 22 August 2007 by Judge Phyllis M. Gorham in Superior Court, Duplin County. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 November 2008.
Crawford Crawford, LLP, by Robert O. Crawford, HI; and Hemmings Stevens, P.L.L.C., by Aaron C. Hemmings, for plaintiff-appellant. George L. Simpson HI for defendant-appellees. Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland Rabenau, P.A., by Jerome P. Trehy, Jr., for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae. Battle, Winslow, Scott Wiley, PA., by M. Greg Grumpier, for the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.
AFFIRMED.