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Webster v. Powell

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jan 1, 1991
328 N.C. 88 (N.C. 1991)

Opinion

No. 258A90

Filed 10 January 1991

APPEAL by plaintiffs from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 98 N.C. App. 432, 391 S.E.2d 204 (1990), affirming a judgment of directed verdict in favor of defendant entered 21 October 1988, by Morgan, J., in Superior Court, FORSYTH County. Heard in the Supreme Court 12 December 1990.

Robert R. Schoch for plaintiff appellants.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge Rice, by William C. Raper and G. Michael Barnhill, for defendant appellee.


For the reasons stated in the opinion for the Court of Appeals by Orr, J., relating to the statute of limitations on defendant's alleged malpractice, and relating to the failure of the insurance policy in question to cover the fiduciary duties alleged, the decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Webster v. Powell

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jan 1, 1991
328 N.C. 88 (N.C. 1991)
Case details for

Webster v. Powell

Case Details

Full title:RICHARD SHERWOOD WEBSTER AND BENNY MITCHELL CHURCH v. HARRELL POWELL, JR

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Jan 1, 1991

Citations

328 N.C. 88 (N.C. 1991)
399 S.E.2d 113

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