AFFIRMED.
Justice MARTIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.
Coker v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 360 N.C. 398 (2006)
April 7, 2006
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Supreme Court of North Carolina
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No. 532A06
360 N.C. 398
JAMES and CHARLOTTE COKER, ROBERT and REBECCA DARCONTE, and DONALD and BONITA SHOE v. DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
No. 532A06
(Filed 7 April 2006)
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 172 N.C. App.-, 617 S.E.2d 306 (2005), affirming an order and opinion dismissing plaintiffs’ amended complaint entered on 5 January 2004 by Judge Ben E Tennille in Superior Court, Rowan County. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 March 2006.
Wallace & Graham, PA., by Cathy A. Williams and Mona Lisa Wallace; Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, by K. Edward Greene; and Shipman & Wright, L.L.P., by Gary K. Shipman, for plaintiff-appellants.
Smith Moore LLP, by Sidney S. Eagles, Jr. and Allison O. Van Laningham, and Bush Seyferth Kethledge & Paige PLLC, by Raymond M. Kethledge, for defendant-appellee.
Jonathan Wall, Counsel for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. and Sean E. Andrussier, for the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Tort Reform Association, amici curiae.