Opinion
No. 507A01
Filed 18 December 2001
No headnotes.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 145 N.C. App. 208, 550 S.E.2d 245 (2001), affirming an order entered 20 September 1999 by Lanier, J., in Superior Court, New Hanover County. Heard in the Supreme Court 10 December 2001.
The Law Offices of William S. Britt, by William S. Britt, for plaintiff-appellants.
Walker, Clark, Allen, Herrin Morano L.L.P., by Robert D. Walker, Jr., and O. Drew Grice, Jr., for defendant-appellees.
Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham Sumter, P.A., by Adam Stein, on behalf of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.
AFFIRMED.