#### MICHAEL A. FALK, As Trustee of the Trust Dated 10-26-1989 Having the Tax ID Number 65-6043718 (AKA The Charlotte Falk Irrevocable Trust) v. FANNIE MAE (AKA FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION); GLASSRATNER MANAGEMENT & REALTY ADVISORS, LLC; IDELL FLOURNEY; SONYA PETIT; LIBA MEIERE; SHAWNEQUA DODSON; ADOLFO ZARATE; TISHAUN WHITEHEAD; AND JOHN DOES #1 - #160, BEING THE UNIDENTIFIED LESSEES OF THE APARTMENT UNITS AT THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS RIDGEWOOD APARTMENTS FANNIE MAE (AKA FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION), Third Party Plaintiff v. MICHAEL A. FALK, As Trustee of the Trust Dated 10-26-1989 Having the Tax ID Number 65-6043718 (AKA The Charlotte Falk Irrevocable Trust) and QUICKSILVER, LLC, Third Party Defendants

GUILFORD COUNTY

No. 197P13

ORDER

The Notice of Appeal filed by defendant and third-party plaintiff (Fannie Mae) and defendant (GlassRatner Management & Realty Advisors, *488LLC) is RETAINED. Their Petition for Discretionary Review is ALLOWED. Plaintiff and third-party defendant’s (Michael A. Falk) Motion to Dismiss Appeal is DENIED.

By order of the Court in Conference, this the 10th day of April 2014.

In addition, the parties are directed to address the applicability, if any, of N.C.G.S. § 45-37(b) (1991) and N.C.G.S. § 45-37(b) (2011) to this case.

s/Beaslev. J.

For the Court