GEORGE W. BROWN and CATHY G. BROWN, Plaintiffs v. RENAISSANCE MEDIA, INC., Defendant v. GEORGE W. BROWN, JR., Third-Party Defendant

No. 449A98

(Filed 25 June 1999)

On writ of certiorari, granted by the Supreme Court ex mero motu pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-32(b) and Rule 15(e)(2) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure, of an unpublished, split decision of the Court of Appeals, 131 N.C. App. 152, 510 S.E.2d 418 (1998), affirming a judgment entered 17 July 1997 by Leonard, J., in District Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the Supreme Court 10 May 1999.

Aaron E. Michel for plaintiff-appellants and third-party defendant-appellant.

Guthrie, Davis, Henderson & Staton, P.L.L.C., by K. Neal Davis and Kimberly R. Matthews, for defendant-appellee.