Case Name: John Walter LAWSON and Margaret (Meg) Elizabeth Lawson Darling v. Heidi Cavanagh LAWSON; Jacqueline Cavanagh Hughes; Mark Caprise; Deputy Sheriff PJ Mullen, in his official capacity and individually; Deputy Sheriff Michael Brannon, in his official capacity and individually; Corporal Claybourn Harper, in his official capacity and individually; Sheriff William Schatzman, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Forsyth County, NC; Hartford Insurance, as surety; Lieutenant Max Creason, in his official capacity and individually, and Chief Kenneth Gamble.
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 2016-01-28
Citations: 781 S.E.2d 618
Docket Number: No. 471P13–2.
Parties: John Walter LAWSON and Margaret (Meg) Elizabeth Lawson Darling
v.
Heidi Cavanagh LAWSON; Jacqueline Cavanagh Hughes; Mark Caprise; Deputy Sheriff PJ Mullen, in his official capacity and individually; Deputy Sheriff Michael Brannon, in his official capacity and individually; Corporal Claybourn Harper, in his official capacity and individually; Sheriff William Schatzman, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Forsyth County, NC; Hartford Insurance, as surety; Lieutenant Max Creason, in his official capacity and individually, and Chief Kenneth Gamble.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Eastern Reporter 2d
Volume: 781
Pages: 618–619

Head Matter:
John Walter LAWSON and Margaret (Meg) Elizabeth Lawson Darling
v.
Heidi Cavanagh LAWSON; Jacqueline Cavanagh Hughes; Mark Caprise; Deputy Sheriff PJ Mullen, in his official capacity and individually; Deputy Sheriff Michael Brannon, in his official capacity and individually; Corporal Claybourn Harper, in his official capacity and individually; Sheriff William Schatzman, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Forsyth County, NC; Hartford Insurance, as surety; Lieutenant Max Creason, in his official capacity and individually, and Chief Kenneth Gamble.
No. 471P13-2.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Jan. 28, 2016.
Margaret Elizabeth Lawson Darling, for Darling, Margaret (Meg) Elizabeth Lawson.
John Walter Lawson, for Lawson, John Walter.
Lonnie Albright, Assistant County Attorney, for Schatzman, William (Sheriff), et al.
Torin Fury, Greensboro, for Creason, Max (Lieutenant).
ORDER

Opinion:
Upon consideration of the notice of appeal from the North Carolina Court of Appeals, filed by the Plaintiffs on the 6th of July 2015 in this matter pursuant to G.S. 7A-30, and the motions to dismiss the appeal for lack of substantial constitutional question filed by the Defendants (Lt. Max Creason and Schatzman, Mullen, Brannon, and Harper), the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals: the motion to dismiss the appeal are
"Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 28th of January 2016."
ERVIN, J. recused.
Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 6th of July 2015 by Plaintiffs in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 28th of January 2016."
ERVIN, J. recused.