Case Title: Copeland v. Amward Homes of N.C., Inc

Citation: 

Docket Number: 56PA20

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2021-10-29T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 
2021-NCSC-118 
No. 56PA20 
Filed 29 October 2021 
WILLIAM EVERETT COPELAND IV and CATHERINE ASHLEY F. COPELAND, 
Co-Administrators of the ESTATE OF WILLIAM EVERETT COPELAND 
 
 
v. 
AMWARD HOMES OF N.C., INC.; CRESCENT COMMUNITIES, LLC; and 
CRESCENT HILLSBOROUGH, LLC 
 
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision 
of the Court of Appeals, 269 N.C. App. 143, 837 S.E.2d 903 (2020), reversing and 
remanding an order of summary judgment entered on 7 May 2018 by Judge W. 
Osmond Smith III in Superior Court, Orange County. On 15 December 2020, the 
Supreme Court allowed plaintiffs’ conditional petition for discretionary review. Heard 
in the Supreme Court on 1 September 2021. 
 
Edwards Kirby, LLP, by William B. Bystrynski and David F. Kirby, and Holt 
Sherlin LLP, by C. Mark Holt and David L. Sherlin, for plaintiffs. 
 
Cranfill Sumner LLP, by Steven A. Bader and F. Marshall Wall, for defendants 
Crescent Communities, LLC, and Crescent Hillsborough, LLC. 
 
Pinto Coates Kyre & Bowers, PLLC, by Jon Ward, and Erwin Byrd for Amicus 
Curiae North Carolina Advocates for Justice.  
 
Roberts & Stevens, PA, by David C. Hawisher, for Amicus Curiae North 
Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. 
 
 
PER CURIAM. 
COPELAND V. AMWARD HOMES OF N.C., INC. 
2021-NCSC-118 
Opinion of the Court 
 
 
 
 
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.