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Nifong v. C.C. Mangum, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Nov 1, 1996
344 N.C. 730 (N.C. 1996)

Opinion

No. 150A96

Filed 8 November 1996

On appeal as of right pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) and on discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31(a) of a decision by a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 121 N.C. App. 767, 468 S.E.2d 463 (1996), affirming an order for summary judgment for defendant C.C. Mangum, Inc. entered 15 July 1994 in Superior Court, Durham County. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 October 1996.

Pulley, Watson, King Lischer, P.A., by Michael J. O'Foghludha and Stella A. Boswell, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cranfill, Sumner Hartzog, L.L.P., by David H. Batten and William W. Pollock, for defendant-appellee C.C. Mangum, Inc.

Twiggs, Abrams, Strickland Trehy, P.A., by Jerome P. Trehy, Jr., for The North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Johnston, Taylor, Allison Hord, by John B. Taylor, for Carolinas Associated General Contractors, Inc., amicus curiae.


AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Nifong v. C.C. Mangum, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Nov 1, 1996
344 N.C. 730 (N.C. 1996)
Case details for

Nifong v. C.C. Mangum, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:NINA GOOCH NIFONG, Plaintiff v. C.C. MANGUM, INC., Defendant and Third…

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Nov 1, 1996

Citations

344 N.C. 730 (N.C. 1996)
477 S.E.2d 150

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