Title: Deason v. J. King Harrison Co

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 591A97
WILLIAM Z. DEASON
v.
J. KING HARRISON CO., INC. d/b/a J. KING HARRISON TRANSPORTATION
CO., INC. and AMERICAN NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Appeal by plaintiff 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. 514, 491 S.E.2d 666 (1997), affirming a judgment entered 26
September 1996 by Morgan (Melzer A., Jr.), J., in Superior Court,
Mecklenburg County.  On 7 May 1998, the Supreme Court granted
discretionary review of an additional issue.  Heard in the
Supreme Court 28 September 1998.
Waggoner, Hamrick, Hasty, Monteith and Kratt, P.L.L.C., by
S. Dean Hamrick, for plaintiff-appellant.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., by Richard T.
Rice and Lawrence B. Somers, for defendant-appellee American
National Fire Insurance Company.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED IN PART; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED
IN PART.
Justice WYNN did not participate in the consideration or
decision of this case.