Title: Potts v. KEL, LLC
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 165A22
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: June 16, 2023

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 165A22 Filed 16 June 2023 W. AVALON POTTS, derivatively on behalf of STEEL TUBE, INC., plaintiff v. KEL, LLC, and RIVES & ASSOCIATES, LLC, defendants; STEEL TUBE, INC., nominal defendant; and LEON L. RIVES, II, defendant/counterclaimant/third-party plaintiff v. AVALON1, LLC, third-party defendant/counterclaimant Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-27(a)(2) from the trial court’s order and opinion on defendants’ Rule 59 motion for a new trial and Rule 50(b) motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict entered on 5 November 2021 by Judge Adam M. Conrad, Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases, in Superior Court, Iredell County, after the case was designated a mandatory complex business case by the Chief Justice pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-45.4(b). Heard in the Supreme Court on 25 April 2023. Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, by Mark A. Nebrig, John T. Floyd, and Benjamin E. Shook, for plaintiff-appellee W. Avalon Potts, derivatively on behalf of Steel Tube, Inc., and third-party defendant-appellee Avalon1, LLC. Tuggle Duggins P.A., by Richard W. Andrews, Jeffrey S. Southerland, and Daniel D. Stratton, for defendant-appellants Rives & Associates, LLC, and Leon L. Rives II. No brief filed for defendant-appellee KEL, LLC. POTTS V. KEL, LLC Opinion of the Court -2- PER CURIAM. For the reasons stated in the trial court’s 5 November 2021 order and opinion, we affirm the denial of defendants’ motion for a new trial and motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. AFFIRMED.1 1 The order and opinion of the North Carolina Business Court, 2021 NCBC 72, is available at https://www.nccourts.gov/assets/documents/opinions/2021%20NCBC%2072.pdf.