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Regan v. Amerimark Building Products

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Mar 1, 1998
347 N.C. 665 (N.C. 1998)

Opinion

No. 449A97

Filed 6 March 1998

Appeal by plaintiffs pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 127 N.C. App. 225, 489 S.E.2d 421 (1997), affirming the trial court's order entered by Barnette, J., on 10 September 1996, in Superior Court, Wake County, granting summary judgment in favor of defendants. Heard in the Supreme Court 18 December 1997.

Glenn, Mills and Fisher, P.A., by Robert B. Glenn, Jr., for plaintiff-appellant.

Cranfill, Sumner Hartzog, L.L.P., by David H. Batten, for defendant-appellee AmeriMark Building Products; and Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge Rice, by David A. Irvin, for defendants-appellees Clem Fox and Michael Wlock.


Chief Justice Mitchell and Justices Webb, Parker, and Lake voted to affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals for the reasons stated in the majority opinion by Walker, J. Justices Frye, Whichard, and Orr voted to reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by Greene, J. Accordingly, the decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Regan v. Amerimark Building Products

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Mar 1, 1998
347 N.C. 665 (N.C. 1998)
Case details for

Regan v. Amerimark Building Products

Case Details

Full title:MARK REGAN v. AMERIMARK BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC., CLEM FOX and MICHAEL WLOCK

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Mar 1, 1998

Citations

347 N.C. 665 (N.C. 1998)
496 S.E.2d 378

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