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Best v. Ford Motor Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
May 1, 2002
355 N.C. 486 (N.C. 2002)

Opinion

No. 15A02

Filed 10 May 2002

No Headnotes.

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 557 S.E.2d 163 (2001), affirming an order for summary judgment entered 23 May 2000 by Patti, J., in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 April 2002.

Wallace Graham, P.A., by Christopher D. Mauriello, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell Jernigan, L.L.P., by Kirk G. Warner and Johanna S. Fowler, for defendant-appellee Ford Motor Company.

Golding, Holden, Pope Baker, L.L.P., by Lawrence M. Baker, for defendant-appellee Sam Johnson's Lincoln Mercury, Inc.

Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough, LLP, by Paul J. Osowski; and Lord, Bissell Brook, by David R. Reed, pro hac vice, for defendant-appellee TRW, Inc.


AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Best v. Ford Motor Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
May 1, 2002
355 N.C. 486 (N.C. 2002)
Case details for

Best v. Ford Motor Co.

Case Details

Full title:GERALDINE A. BEST v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, SAM JOHNSON'S LINCOLN MERCURY…

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: May 1, 2002

Citations

355 N.C. 486 (N.C. 2002)
562 S.E.2d 419

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