Title: Cissell v. Glover Landscape Supply, Inc
Citation: 348 N.C. 67
Docket Number: 356A97
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: April 3, 1998

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 356A97
FILED: 3 APRIL 1998
JAMES KEVIN CISSELL, Administrator of the Estate of CARLA T.
CISSELL
v.
GLOVER LANDSCAPE SUPPLY, INC. and ROBERT C. GLOVER
Appeal by defendants pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the
decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 126 N.C. App.
667, 486 S.E.2d 472 (1997), setting aside a judgment entered on 7
May 1996 by Stephens (Donald W.), J., in Superior Court, Vance
County, and awarding a new trial.  Heard in the Supreme Court 10
March 1998.
Perry, Kittrell, Blackburn & Blackburn, by Charles F.
Blackburn, for plaintiff-appellee.
Broughton, Wilkins, Webb & Sugg, P.A., by Charles P. Wilkins,
for defendant-appellants.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion for the Court
of Appeals by John, J., the decision of the Court of Appeals is
reversed.  The case is remanded to that court for further remand to
the Superior Court, Vance County, for reinstatement of the judgment
entered on the jury verdict in favor of defendants.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.