Title: Swann v. Len-Care Rest Home, Inc

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 522A97
FILED: 3 APRIL 1998
ANNIE C. SWANN and CAROLYN D. SMITH
v.
LEN-CARE REST HOME, INC., ANDREW STEWART, and SHELBIA NORRIS
Appeal by defendants pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2)
from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___
N.C. App. ___, 490 S.E.2d 572 (1997), affirming in part and
reversing in part a judgment, entered by Brewer, J., 29 May 1996
in Superior Court, Cumberland County, directing a verdict for
defendants on plaintiff Smith’s claim for negligent infliction of
emotional distress and on plaintiff Swann’s claim for negligence. 
Heard in the Supreme Court 11 March 1998.
The Lee Law Firm, P.A., by C. Leon Lee, II, for
plaintiff-appellee Swann.
Wishart, Norris, Henninger & Pittman, P.A., by Jim H.
Joyner, Jr., for defendant-appellants.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by
Judge John C. Martin, Swann v. Len-Care Rest Home, ___ N.C. App.
___, ___, 490 S.E.2d 572, 575-76 (1997), the decision of the
Court of Appeals reversing the directed verdict as to plaintiff
Swann’s claim is reversed; and the case is remanded to the Court
of Appeals for further remand to the Superior Court, Cumberland
County, for reinstatement of the trial court’s judgment.
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REVERSED AND REMANDED.