HARLEYSVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and ATLANTIC INDEMNITY COMPANY

No. 444PA04

(Filed 5 May 2005)

On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous, unpublished decision of the Court of Appeals, 165 N.C. App. 543, 600 S.E.2d 901 (2004), affirming an order granting summary judgment entered 27 June 2003 by Judge Howard E. Manning, Jr. in Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme Court 18 April 2005.

McDaniel & Anderson, L.L.P., by John M. Kirby and William E. Anderson, for plaintiff-appellee.

George L. Simpson, III for defendant-appellant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.