IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 376A14

Filed 18 December 2015

BERRY ANDERSON, JONATHAN BREAREY, JUDITH BURNETTE, STEPHEN 

BURNETTE, YVONNE BURNETTE, EARLIE JAMES BUTLER, LINDA 

BUTLER, SARA COURTNEY, MICHAEL DONOVAN, SUE DEE DUNCAN, EAG 

PROPERTIES, LLC, JOANNE ESSLING, WILLIAM ESSLING, WILLIAM 

ESSLING, JR., EILEEN FAGAN, GARY FAGAN, EDMOND GIROUX, MICHAEL 

GRANDINETTI, ROBIN GRANDINETTI, SETH JOHNSON, LINDA KASS, 

ROBERT KASS, JESSICA KEENAN, SHANE KEENAN, DAVID KUKURZA, 

DEBORAH KUKURZA, LUCKY 7 HOLDING CORPORATION, FRANCES 

MACCALLUM, JOHN MACCALLUM, JOHN MALAN, MARIAN MALAN, 

MICHAEL MCCABE, SHEILA MCCABE, BARBARA NARDELLA, MICHAEL

NARDELLA, JOAN PARKIN, ROBERT PARKIN, BRENDA PICKERING, PHILIP 

PICKERING, JOHN PRICE, VIRGINIA PRICE, CHRISTINE RIGNEY, PATRICK 

RIGNEY, CHRISTOPHER ROCCO, JYOTI CHATLANI ROCCO, ELAINE 

ROWINSKI, STEVEN ROWINSKI, ALLISON SEN, ROHAN SEN, DAVID 

SHERMAN, SANDRA SHERMAN, DANNY WALKER, JEAN WALKER, JEFF 

WEBB, LAURIE WEBB, CAROLE WERKING, NOEL WERKING, CLARENCE 

WHICHARD, III, LINDA WHICHARD, GERALD WOLF, and MARY WOLF

v.

COASTAL COMMUNITIES AT OCEAN RIDGE PLANTATION, INC., COASTAL 

COMMUNITIES AT OCEAN RIDGE PLANTATION, LLC, COASTAL 

COMMUNITIES, INC., MARK A. SAUNDERS, DEBORAH BOODRO, MAS 

PROPERTIES, LLC, THE MORTGAGE COMPANY OF BRUNSWICK, INC., 

BRENDAN GORDON, JAMES POWELL, JAMES POWELL APPRAISALS, LLC, 

LYNN RABELLO, BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, BB&T 

COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, FOUR OAKS BANK AND TRUST 

COMPANY, CLIFTON L. PAINTER, BAXLEYSMITHWICK PLLC, and 

DOUGLAS BAXLEY

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-27(b)(1) from opinions and orders granting 

motions to dismiss entered on 27 June 2011 and 13 June 2012 by Judge John R. Jolly, 

Jr. in Superior Court, Brunswick County. On 10 October 2014, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 

§ 7A-31(a) and (b)(2), and Rule 15(e)(2) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate 

Procedure, the Supreme Court on its own initiative certified the case for review prior 
ANDERSON V. COASTAL COMMUNITIES

Opinion of the Court

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to determination in the Court of Appeals. Heard in the Supreme Court on 18 March 

2015.

Hodges & Coxe, P.C., by C. Wes Hodges, II and Sarah R. Buzzard, for plaintiffappellants.

Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, LLP, by Jacob H. Wellman and Natalia 

K. Isenberg, for defendant-appellees James Powell, James Powell Appraisals, 

LLC, and Lynn Rabello.

Poyner Spruill LLP, by J. Nicholas Ellis and Caroline P. Mackie, for defendantappellees Branch Banking and Trust Company and BB&T Collateral Service 

Corporation.

PER CURIAM.

For the reasons stated in Arnesen v. Rivers Edge Golf Club & Plantation, Inc., 

___ N.C. ___, ___ S.E.2d ___ (2015) (375A14), the decision of the trial court is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

Justice EDMUNDS concurs in part and dissents in part for the reasons stated 

in his opinion in Arnesen v. Rivers Edge Golf Club & Plantation, Inc., ___ N.C. ___, 

___ S.E.2d ___ (2015) (375A14).

Justice HUDSON and Justice BEASLEY concur in part and dissent in part for 

the reasons stated in Justice Hudson’s opinion in Arnesen v. Rivers Edge Golf Club & 

Plantation, Inc., ___ N.C. ___, ___ S.E.2d ___ (2015) (375A14).