Case Title: Johnson v. First Union Corp

Citation: 351 N.C. 339

Docket Number: 485PA98

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2000-03-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 485PA98
FILED: 3 MARCH 2000
DOROTHY JOHNSON and PAULA SMITH
v.
FIRST UNION CORPORATION and/or FIRST UNION MORTGAGE CORPORATION;
KAY L. BAILEY; CIGNA PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY and/or
ESIS, INC.; ROBIN DEFFENBAUGH; INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION
ASSOCIATES, INC. (INTRACORP); and PAT EDWARDS, R.N.
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a
unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 131 N.C. App. 142,
504 S.E.2d 808 (1998), affirming an order granting defendants’
motions to dismiss signed by Barnette, J., on 18 September 1996
in Superior Court, Wake County.  On 30 December 1998, the Supreme
Court allowed conditional discretionary review of an additional
issue.  Heard in the Supreme Court 14 April 1999.
Charles R. Hassell, Jr., and Stephen Neal Camak for
plaintiff-appellants and -appellees.
Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan,
L.L.P., by Robin K. Vinson, for defendant-appellees First
Union Corporation, First Union Mortgage Corporation, and Kay
Bailey.
Maupin Taylor & Ellis, P.A., by Elizabeth D. Scott, M. Keith
Kapp, and Joanne J. Lambert, for defendant-appellees
International Rehabilitation Associates, Inc. (Intracorp)
and Pat Edwards.
Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, L.L.P., by Beth R. Fleishman;
and Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P., by Derek M. Crump, for
defendant-appellants and -appellees CIGNA Property &
Casualty Insurance Company, ESIS, and Robin Deffenbaugh.
Richard M. Lewis and John H. Ruocchio on behalf of Builders
Mutual Insurance Company, amicus curiae.
Bailey & Dixon, L.L.P., by David M. Britt, Alan J. Miles,
and Dayatra T. King, on behalf of American Insurance
Association, amicus curiae.
Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P., by Hatcher
Kincheloe and Kenneth Lautenschlager, on behalf of The
Travelers Insurance Company, amicus curiae.
Young Moore and Henderson P.A., by J.D. Prather and Joe E.
Austin, Jr., on behalf of the North Carolina Association of
Self-Insurers, amicus curiae.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., by Clayton M.
Custer and Alison R. Bost, on behalf of Key Risk Management
Services, Inc., amicus curiae.
Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by James G. Exum, Jr.;
Caroline H. Lock; and Manning A. Connors, on behalf of North
Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.
Donaldson & Black, by Jay A. Gervasi, Jr.; Patterson,
Harkavy & Lawrence, L.L.P., by Martha A. Geer; and Jernigan
Law Firm, by N. Victor Farah, on behalf of North Carolina
Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.
PER CURIAM.
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.
Justices MARTIN and FREEMAN did not participate in the
consideration or decision of this case.