NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. v. WADE H. PASCHAL, JR., Guardian ad litem for Harley Jessup; REGGIE JESSUP; RANDALL COLLINS JESSUP; and THURMAN JESSUP

No. 33PA14)

(Filed 19 December 2014

On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals,_N.C. App._, 752 S.E.2d 775 (2014), affirming an order entered on 30 November 2012 and reversing and remanding an order of summary judgment entered on 6 December 2012, both by Judge G. Wayne Abernathy in Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 18 November 2014.

Haywood, Denny & Miller, L.L.P., by Robert E. Levin, for plaintiff-appellant.

Moody, Williams, Roper & Lee, LLP, by C. Todd Roper, for defendant-appellees Harley, Thurman, and Reggie Jessup.

Kluttz, Reamer, Hayes, Randolph, & Adkins, L.L.P., by Michael S. Adkins; and Maginnis Law, PLLC, by T. Shawn Howard, for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.