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  "name_abbreviation": "Sawyers v. Farm Bureau Insurance of N.C., Inc.",
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    "judges": [
      "Justice MARTIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case."
    ],
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      "MICHELLE L. SAWYERS, f/k/a MICHELLE L. TURNER v. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE OF N.C., INC."
    ],
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      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nFor the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.\nREVERSED.\nJustice MARTIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.",
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        "author": "PER CURIAM."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Ruff, Bond, Cobb, Wade & Bethune, L.L.R, by J.D. DuPuy and Roberts. Adden, Jr., for plaintiff-appellee.",
      "Caudle & Spears, PA, by Harold C. Spears and C. Grainger Pierce, Jr., for defendant-appellant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "MICHELLE L. SAWYERS, f/k/a MICHELLE L. TURNER v. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE OF N.C., INC.\nNo. 264A05\n(Filed 16 December 2005)\nInsurance\u2014 automobile insurance \u2014 uninsured motorist carrier \u2014 Florida judgment against uninsured \u2014 carrier not bound\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals holding that defendant uninsured motorist carrier was bound by a judgment against the uninsured motorist in Florida if the carrier was served with a copy of the summons, complaint or other process in the action against the uninsured motorist is reversed for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion that the uninsured motorist carrier was not bound because (1) the carrier was not a party to the Florida action at the time judgment was entered; (2) the statute of limitations had expired before plaintiff instituted this North Carolina action against the uninsured motorist carrier; (3) defendant carrier is not bound by the doctrine of res judicata; and (4) plaintiff is equitably estopped from asserting that defendant carrier is bound by the Florida judgment.\nAppeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 170 N.C. App. 17, 612 S.E.2d 184 (2005), reversing and remanding in part and dismissing as interlocutory in part an appeal from an order entered 9 March 2004 by Judge Robert C. Ervin in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 December 2005.\nRuff, Bond, Cobb, Wade & Bethune, L.L.R, by J.D. DuPuy and Roberts. Adden, Jr., for plaintiff-appellee.\nCaudle & Spears, PA, by Harold C. Spears and C. Grainger Pierce, Jr., for defendant-appellant."
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