DEBRA SIZEMORE HENSLEY, Administratrix of the Estate of ASHLEY NICOLE HENSLEY RAYMER, Deceased v. NATIONAL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION, INC.; TDY INDUSTRIES, INC. d/b/a ALLVAC; LARRY ALLEN SMITH, Individually and d/b/a LARRY ALLEN SMITH TRUCKING; PAUL WAYNE SMITH, Individually and d/b/a LARRY ALLEN SMITH TRUCKING; ROBERT E. SMITH, Individually and d/b/a LARRY ALLEN SMITH TRUCKING; and LARRY ALLEN SMITH TRUCKING, a de facto North Carolina Partnership

No. 536A08

(Filed 1 May 2009)

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 193 N.C. App.-, 668 S.E.2d 349 (2008), reversing an order granting summary judgment for defendant TDY Industries, Inc. d/b/a ALLVAC entered on 23 August 2007 by Judge Timothy L. Patti in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County, and remanding for further proceedings. Heard in the Supreme Court 31 March 2009.

Guthrie, Davis, Henderson & Staton, P.L.L.C., by Dennis L. Guthrie, John H. Hasty, and Justin N. Davis, for plaintiffappellee.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by James P. Cooney and Trida Morvan Derr, for defendant-appellant TDY Industries, Inc. d/b/a ALLVAC.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.