Case Title: Richardson v. Bank of Am., N.A.

Citation: 362 N.C. 227

Docket Number: 240PA07

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court
Slip Opinion
JUANITA RICHARDSON and ROBERT and GLORIA GOWER, on behalf of
themselves and others similarly situated v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
and NATIONSCREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
No. 240PA07 
FILED: 7 MARCH 2008
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of
a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 182 N.C. App. 531,
643 S.E.2d 410 (2007), affirming orders entered by Judge
Catherine C. Eagles in Superior Court, Durham County, on 15 April
2003, 14 June 2004, 8 October 2004, 16 November 2004, 10 March
2005, 19 April 2005, 16 June 2005, 23 June 2005, 27 July 2005,
and 12 October 2005.  Heard in the Supreme Court 11 December
2007.
Jones Martin Parris & Tessener Law Offices, P.L.L.C.,
by John Alan Jones and G. Christopher Olson, for
plaintiff-appellees.
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P., by John H.
Culver III, and Amy Pritchard Williams; and O'Melveny &
Myers, L.L.P. by Walter E. Dellinger III, for
defendant-appellant NationsCredit Financial Services
Corporation. 
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Gary R. Govert,
Special Deputy Attorney General, Philip A. Lehman,
Assistant Attorney General, M. Lynne Weaver,
Assistant Attorney General, and L. McNeil
Chestnut, Special Deputy Attorney General and
Counsel to the Commissioner of Banks, for Roy
Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina and
Joseph A. Smith, Jr., North Carolina Commissioner
of Banks.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by Burley
B. Mitchell, Jr., Jack L. Cozort, and Eileen R.
Youens, for North Carolina Chamber, amicus curiae.
J. Reed Johnston, Jr. for Consumer Credit Industry
Association, amicus curiae.
Supreme Court
Slip Opinion
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1The following organizations were also named as amici in
this brief, but pursuant to N.C. R. App. P. 33, their counsel are
not listed in this opinion: North Carolina Justice Center; Legal
Services of Southern Piedmont, Inc.; Pisgah Legal Services; and
Financial Protection Law Center.
Hartell & Whiteman, L.L.P., by J. Jerome Hartzell,
for North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers,
amicus curiae.1
PER CURIAM.
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.
Justice EDMUNDS did not participate in the
consideration or decision of this case.