Copeland v. Amward Homes of N.C., Inc.

CourtSupreme Court of North Carolina
DecidedOctober 29, 2021
Docket56PA20
StatusPublished

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Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

2021-NCSC-118

No. 56PA20

Filed 29 October 2021

WILLIAM EVERETT COPELAND IV and CATHERINE ASHLEY F. COPELAND, Co-Administrators of the ESTATE OF WILLIAM EVERETT COPELAND

v.

AMWARD HOMES OF N.C., INC.; CRESCENT COMMUNITIES, LLC; and CRESCENT HILLSBOROUGH, LLC

On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision

of the Court of Appeals, 269 N.C. App. 143, 837 S.E.2d 903 (2020), reversing and

remanding an order of summary judgment entered on 7 May 2018 by Judge W.

Osmond Smith III in Superior Court, Orange County. On 15 December 2020, the

Supreme Court allowed plaintiffs’ conditional petition for discretionary review. Heard

in the Supreme Court on 1 September 2021.

Edwards Kirby, LLP, by William B. Bystrynski and David F. Kirby, and Holt Sherlin LLP, by C. Mark Holt and David L. Sherlin, for plaintiffs.

Cranfill Sumner LLP, by Steven A. Bader and F. Marshall Wall, for defendants Crescent Communities, LLC, and Crescent Hillsborough, LLC.

Pinto Coates Kyre & Bowers, PLLC, by Jon Ward, and Erwin Byrd for Amicus Curiae North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

Roberts & Stevens, PA, by David C. Hawisher, for Amicus Curiae North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys.

PER CURIAM. COPELAND V. AMWARD HOMES OF N.C., INC.

Opinion of the Court

DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.

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