COPELAND IV v. AMWARD HOMES OF INC LLC LLC (2021)

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

William Everett COPELAND IV and Catherine Ashley F. Copeland, Co-Administrators of the Estate of William Everett Copeland v. AMWARD HOMES OF N.C., INC.; Crescent Communities, LLC; and Crescent Hillsborough, LLC

No. 56PA20

Decided: October 29, 2021

Edwards Kirby, LLP, Raleigh, by William B. Bystrynski and David F. Kirby, and Holt Sherlin LLP, by C. Mark Holt and David L. Sherlin, for plaintiffs. Cranfill Sumner LLP, Raleigh, by Steven A. Bader and F. Marshall Wall, for defendants Crescent Communities, LLC, and Crescent Hillsborough, LLC. Pinto Coates Kyre & Bowers, PLLC, by Jon Ward, and Erwin Byrd, for Amicus Curiae North Carolina Advocates for Justice. Roberts & Stevens, PA, by David C. Hawisher, for Amicus Curiae North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys.