Boles v. Town of Oak Island

• Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
• Decided: February 28, 2020
• Docket: 290A19
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 290A19

Filed 28 February 2020 BOBBY G. BOLES, et al.

v. TOWN OF OAK ISLAND

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of

the Court of Appeals, 830 S.E.2d 878 (N.C. Ct. App. 2019), reversing and remanding

an order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment entered on 2 May 2018

by Judge James Ammons Jr. in Superior Court, Brunswick County. Heard in the

Supreme Court on 4 February 2020.

Norman B. Smith, Steven B. Fox, and Mallory G. Horne for plaintiff-appellees.

Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein LLP, by Charles C. Meeker and Stephen V. Carey, and Crossley, McIntosh & Collier, by Brian E. Edes, for defendant- appellant.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals for the reasons stated in the

dissenting opinion.

REVERSED.