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  "name": "GERALDINE A. BEST v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, SAM JOHNSON'S LINCOLN MERCURY, INC. and TRW, INC.",
  "name_abbreviation": "Best v. Ford Motor Co.",
  "decision_date": "2002-05-10",
  "docket_number": "No. 15A02",
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    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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      "cite": "557 S.E.2d 163",
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      "year": 2001,
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "GERALDINE A. BEST v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, SAM JOHNSON\u2019S LINCOLN MERCURY, INC. and TRW, INC."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nAFFIRMED.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "PER CURIAM."
      }
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    "attorneys": [
      "Wallace & Graham, P.A., by Christopher D. Mauriello, for plaintiff-appellant.",
      "Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jemigan, L.L.P., by Kirk G. Warner and Johanna S. Fowler, for defendantappellee Ford Motor Company.",
      "Golding, Holden, Pope & Baker, L.L.P., by Lawrence M. Baker, for defendant-appellee Sam Johnson\u2019s Lincoln Mercury, Inc.",
      "Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, by Paul J. Osowski; and Lord, Bissell & Brook, by David R. Reed, pro hoc vice, for defendant-appellee TRW, Inc."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "GERALDINE A. BEST v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, SAM JOHNSON\u2019S LINCOLN MERCURY, INC. and TRW, INC.\nNo. 15A02\n(Filed 10 May 2002)\nAppeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 148 N.C. App.-, 557 S.E.2d 163 (2001), affirming an order for summary judgment entered 23 May 2000 by Patti, J., in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 April 2002.\nWallace & Graham, P.A., by Christopher D. Mauriello, for plaintiff-appellant.\nSmith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jemigan, L.L.P., by Kirk G. Warner and Johanna S. Fowler, for defendantappellee Ford Motor Company.\nGolding, Holden, Pope & Baker, L.L.P., by Lawrence M. Baker, for defendant-appellee Sam Johnson\u2019s Lincoln Mercury, Inc.\nNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, by Paul J. Osowski; and Lord, Bissell & Brook, by David R. Reed, pro hoc vice, for defendant-appellee TRW, Inc."
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