Title: Halford v. Wright
Citation: 352 N.C. 144
Docket Number: 557A99
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: June 16, 2000

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 557A99
FILED 16 JUNE 2000
JUDY W. HALFORD
v.
CORA WRIGHT
Appeal by defendant pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2)
from an unpublished decision of a divided panel of the Court of
Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, ___ S.E.2d ___ (Nov. 2, 1999) (No.
COA98-1606), affirming an order signed 23 June 1998 by Guice, J.,
in Superior Court, Rutherford County.  Heard in the Supreme Court
17 May 2000.
Deaton & Biggers, P.L.L.C., by W. Robinson Deaton, Jr.
and Lydia A. Hoza, for plaintiff-appellee.
Stott, Hollowell, Palmer & Windham, L.L.P., by Martha
Raymond Thompson, for defendant-appellant.
Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P., by
Allen C. Smith and Colleen M. Crowley, on behalf of the
North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus
curiae.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by
Judge Greene, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed
and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further
remand to the Superior Court, Rutherford County, for proceedings
not inconsistent with the dissenting opinion.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.