Case Title: Kennedy v. Hawley

Citation: 348 N.C. 689

Docket Number: 20PA98

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 1998-07-09T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 20PA98
FILED: 9 JULY 1998
MARTY C. KENNEDY
V.
CLARICE HAWLEY, Administratrix of KEITH RAY HAWLEY, DECEASED
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of
a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 128 N.C. App. 312,
494 S.E.2d 787 (1998), reversing an order granting summary
judgment in favor of defendant entered by Sumner, J., on 19
December 1996 in Superior Court, Nash County.  Heard in the
Supreme Court 26 May 1998.
Alison A. Erca for plaintiff-appellee.
Battle, Winslow, Scott & Wiley, P.A., by J. Brian Scott
and M. Greg Crumpler, for defendant-appellant.
Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P., by
Neil P. Andrews, on behalf of N.C. Association of
Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.
PER CURIAM.
Pursuant to this Court’s holding in Dyson v.
Stonestreet, 326 N.C. 798, 392 S.E.2d 398 (1990), we reverse the
decision of the Court of Appeals and remand this case to that
court for further remand to the Superior Court, Nash County, for
reinstatement of its summary judgment in favor of defendant.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.