Boles v. Town of Oak Island

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.