Opinion
No. 120PA96
Filed 10 February 1997
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 121 N.C. App. 588, 468 S.E.2d 407 (1996), reversing summary judgment entered on 7 November 1994 by Caldwell, J., at the 17 October 1994 Session of Superior Court, Mecklenburg County, and remanding the case for a trial on the merits. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 November 1996.
Pulley, Watson, King Lischer, P.A., by Richard N. Watson, Julie Cheek Woodmansee, and Stella A. Boswell, for plaintiff-appellee.
Kennedy Covington Lobdell Hickman, L.L.P., by F. Fincher Jarrell, for defendant-appellants.
The Court agrees with the holding of the opinion of the Court of Appeals that the judgment of the trial court should be reversed and the cause remanded for trial on the merits. However, we specifically disavow the language in the Court of Appeals' opinion holding that no genuine issue of material fact exists as to the actual ownership of the vehicle.
AFFIRMED.