AFFIRMED.
Davis v. J.M.X., Inc., 352 N.C. 662 (2000)
DURHAM COUNTY NO. 97CVS00687
L’TANYA D. DAVIS, EXECUTRIX OF ESTATE OF KENNETH A. DAVIS, Plaintiff v. J.M.X., INCORPORATED, and ESAU ROOSEVELT DIXON, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs v. ANTOINETTE PADILLA TOLER, REA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, PROTECTION SERVICES, INC., and STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ex rel NCDOT, Third-Party Defendants and L’TANYA DURANTE DAVIS, Plaintiff v. J.M.X., INCORPORATED, and ESAU ROOSEVELT DIXON, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs v. ANTOINETTE PADILLA TOLER, REA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, PROTECTION SERVICES, INC., and STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ex rel NCDOT, Third-Party Defendants and E. ANN CHRISTIAN, as Guardian Ad Litem for LEONARD AARON DAVIS, II, Plaintiff v. J.M.X., INCORPORATED, and ESAU ROOSEVELT DIXON, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs v. ANTOINETTE PADILLA TOLER, REA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, PROTECTION SERVICES, INC., and STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ex rel NCDOT, Third-Party Defendants and ROBERTA E. JOHNSON, as Administratrix of the Estate of THELMA P. BITTING, Plaintiff v. J.M.X., INCORPORATED, and ESAU ROOSEVELT DIXON, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs v. ANTOINETTE PADILLA TOLER, REA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, PROTECTION SERVICES, INC., and STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ex rel NCDOT, Third-Party Defendants
DURHAM COUNTY NO. 97CVS00714
DURHAM COUNTY NO. 97CVS00713
DURHAM COUNTY NO. 97CVS02051
No. 206A00
(Filed 6 October 2000)
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 137 N.C. App. 267, 528 S.E.2d 56 (2000), affirming orders for summary judgment entered 2 July 1998 and 8 July 1998 and reversing orders for summary judgment entered 9 July 1998 by Johnson (E. Lynn), J., in Superior Court, Durham County. Heard in the Supreme Court 11 September 2000.
*663 McDaniel, Anderson & Stephenson, L.L.P., by William E. Anderson and John M. Kirby, for third-party plaintiff-appellants.
Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P, by Rodney E. Pettey,for third-party defendant-appellee Rea Construction Company; and Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jemigan, L.L.P, by James D. Blount, Jr., and Deanna Davis Anderson, for third-party defendant-appellee Protection Services, Inc.