Title: Cobb v. Town of Blowing Rock

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 300A11 (FILED 27 JANUARY 2012) CHELSEA AMANDA BROOKE COBB, by and through D. RODNEY KIGHT, JR., her Guardian ad Litem; and ROBERT B. COBB, Father of Plaintiff, Individually v. TOWN OF BLOWING ROCK, a Municipal Corporation, and CITY OF BLOWING ROCK, a Municipal Corporation Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 713 S.E.2d 732 (2011), finding error in a judgment entered on 17 October 2008 and an order entered on 30 March 2009, both by Judge Anderson D. Cromer in Superior Court, Watauga County, and remanding for a new trial. Heard in the Supreme Court on 11 January 2012. Brown Moore & Associates, PLLC, by R. Kent Brown, for plaintiff-appellees. Clawson & Staubes, PLLC, by Andrew J. Santaniello and Summer D. Eudy, for defendant-appellant Town of Blowing Rock. Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC, by E. Stewart Poisson; and Goldsmith, Goldsmith & Dews, P.A., by Frank Goldsmith, for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae. PER CURIAM. For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. REVERSED.