ALFORD III v. CATALYTICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC (2003)

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Barry E. ALFORD, W. Sput Anderson, William C. Anderson, C. Tracy Barnhill, Jr., Douglas M. Blake, James M. Booth, Bobby J. Boyd, Jr., J. Alan Boykin, Steve H. Boswell, Ruben C. Butler, Stephen Cannon, R. Blaine Cargile, Jr., Ernest E. Carraway, Eric Cooper, Tony Council, Kenneth R. Credle, Kelly L. Darden, Jr., William R. Dupree III, Adam L. Gardner, Jr., Donald M. Gay, Chris G. Gehring, Gordon L. Haislip, Kendall Hardee, Keith D. Harris, William Hunter, Jr., John James, Chris Jefferson, Melvin L. Jenkins, Billy B. King, William D. Kittrell, Mitchell W. Manning, Jr., Edward Meyer, David Mizelle, Mark Osnoe, Jonathan Scott Peele, James H. Raspberry, Harry L. Rouse, Levon Shaw, Margaret G. Shaw, Johnny R. Smith, William H.C. Smith, Philip H. Stalls, Jackie D. Summerlin, Jeanette T. Taft, Leonard A. Thorn, James W. Turnage, Wayne P. Tyndall, William P. Ward, William West, Eddie Williams, And Evangeline S. Wilson, v. CATALYTICA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., and Eastern Omni Constructors Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

No. 319A02.

Decided: February 28, 2003

Laura S. Jenkins, PC, by Laura S. Jenkins, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellants. Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., by Mark A. Ash and J. Mitchell Armbruster, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee Catalytica Pharmaceuticals, Inc.