RICHARD A. FRANCO, JR. v. LIPOSCIENCE, INC.

No. 255A09

(Filed 11 December 2009)

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 197 N.C. App.-•, 676 S.E.2d 500 (2009), affirming an order and judgment dated 8 August 2007 and an order entered on 19 October 2007, both by Judge R. Allen Baddour, Jr. in Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 November 2009.

James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A., by Richard B. Fennell and Preston O. Odom, III, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., by Phillip J. Strach, for defendant-appellee.