Case Name: GAIL LOVELL, Administratrix of the Estate of Allison Lovell, Deceased v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1993-10-08
Citations: 334 N.C. 682
Docket Number: No. 41A93
Parties: GAIL LOVELL, Administratrix of the Estate of Allison Lovell, Deceased v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 334
Pages: 682–682

Head Matter:
GAIL LOVELL, Administratrix of the Estate of Allison Lovell, Deceased v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
No. 41A93
(Filed 8 October 1993)
Appeal by defendant pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 108 N.C. App. 416, 424 S.E.2d 181 (1993), which affirmed the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial based upon the excessive amount of the punitive damages awarded by the jury. Defendant’s petition for discretionary review as to additional issues allowed by the Supreme Court 7 April 1993. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 September 1993.
DeVore and Acton, P.A., by William D. Acton, Jr., and Fred W. DeVore, III, for plaintiff-appellee.
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, by Wayne Huckel, for defendant-appellant.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
As to the issue on direct appeal based on the dissenting opinion of Walker, J., we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals. We conclude that the petition for discretionary review as to additional issues was improvidently allowed.
AFFIRMED IN PART; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED IN PART.